Spotlight on the Secrets of Beef Wrapped in Betel Leaf | Compass & Fork

Ingredients

• 10 bamboo skewers
• 2 ozs dried shrimp (#)
• 1 1/2 ozs shallot (#)
• 1 oz galangal (cut into slivers and roasted until fragrant #)
• 1 tsp ginger (sliced #)
• 1/3 cup coconut, shredded (or dessicated coconut #)
• 1/2 tbsp shrimp paste (also called belacan #)
• 1 1/2 ozs palm sugar (broken #)
• salt
• 1 lb beef, ground (minced)
• 3 tbsp lemongrass (chopped #)
• 2 tsp garlic (minced #)
• 1 tbsp ginger (minced #)
• 3 tbsp shallot (finely chopped #)
• 1/2 tbsp cilantro (coriander), ground (#)
• 2 tsp shrimp paste (roasted until fragrant #)
• 2 tbsp peanuts (roasted, crushed)
• 1 tsp salt, ground sea
• 1 tbsp fish sauce (#)
• 2 tsp raw sugar (or sugar)
• 1 pack betel leaf (In the refrigerated section of Asian Grocers)