Indonesian Rawon (Black Beef Soup)

Ingredients

• 600 g beef shin or chuck (cut into large chunks)
• 2 litres water
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 kaffir lime leaves
• 2 bay leaves (Indonesian salam leaves preferred)
• 1 lemongrass stalk (bruised)
• Salt to taste
• 4 keluak (black nuts, soaked, flesh scooped out)
• 8 shallots
• 5 garlic cloves
• 4 candlenuts
• 3 red chillies (mild)
• 2 cm turmeric (peeled)
• 2 cm galangal (peeled)
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp ground white pepper
• Steamed jasmine rice
• Bean sprouts (lightly blanched)
• Fried shallots
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Fresh lime wedges
• Sambal terasi (shrimp paste chilli sauce)