15/12/2025
The last cooking class of the year 2025 was the Malaysian signature cooking!
The ultimate rendang beef was the ⭐ !! We were thinking that the beef rendang is a malaysian dish. However, searching for it’s origin, I found out it’s from Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Beef rendang has been mostly prepared as a ceremonial dish for important events, as we see often it served during Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Rendang comes from the Minangkabau word merendang, meaning to cook until the liquid dries, creating a dark, flavorful, almost dry curry, which naturally preserved the meat, making it ideal for travel.
As a part of ceremonial dishes, rendang beef is often served with lemang rice, another traditional dish from Minangkabau people. It’s the glutinous rice cooked with coconut milk in a hollow bamboo tube.
Here, in a simplified version, we wrapped the rice in banana leaves, then grill on the stove or in the oven!! It’s still good😋
Slow cooked at least 3 hours, combining all the spices and coconut milk until almost dry, absorbing all the flavors, no doubt the beef rendang has been voted recently as the most delicious food in the world by CNN.
Sharing a piece of knowledge about this popular south east asian dish, I wish all Merry Christmas and Happy new year🎄🥳
What’s coming next in 2026 about our cooking classes? Hum, let me think🧐🤩
