Indonesian beef and coconut curry with fragrant rice

Ingredients

• 2 lemongrass stalks
• 2 large red chillies, de-seeded and chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 5 cm piece of ginger, roughly chopped
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 12 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 x 400g cans coconut milk
• 1 1/2 kg Irish braising steak, such as chuck or blade, cut into 5cm pieces
• 1 tsp salt
• walnut-sized piece of tamarind pulp
• 1 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
• red chilli and spring onion curls
• steamed fragrant rice
• cucumber, tomato, red onion & coriander salsa