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Savoury Soft Beef Cake (Gadon)

Recipe submitted by wina_wini

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This dish is one of my favourites dishes which my mom cooked for me whenever I got sore throat or stomach-ache (the non chili version) when I was a kid. This is typical Javanese dish. It has unique savoury taste and soft texture.

Ingredients

The main ingredients:
- 300 grams ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 2 salam leaves
- 2 kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced
- 4 red chilies, thinly sliced or whole bird-eye chilies
- 100 ml thick coconut milk
- banana leaves for wrapping (note: in modern cooking, we can use aluminum foil
For the smooth ground spice mix:
- ½ – 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 4 shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- a pinch of salt

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Method

Mix well the ground beef with coconut milk and egg
Add the smooth ground spice mix
Add in salam leaves and kaffir-lime leaves
Take one table-spoon-full of the meat-mix and put it on a piece of banana leaf
Top the meat with the chili slice (if you want it to have a kick)
Wrap the meat-mix with the banana leaf and seal it with a tooth pick (some people even use stappler).
Arrange the wrapped meat- mix on a steamer and steam for about 30 minutes or until well cooked
Serve warm

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Notes & Tips

You can substitute the banana leaves with aluminum foil for the wrap or use casserole dish as a container to steam the meat-mix

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Preparation Time: 15M

Cooking Time: 30M

What do you think?

Ruki July 2010

Hi Wina, I have just discovered your cooking confidential blog and love it! I'd love to try and make Gadon, can you please tell me what salam leaves are and where i can find them?

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