Beef in coconut milk curry

(Serves 6)

1 kilo beef
1 onion
2 cm ginger
1 clove garlic
1 cm fresh turmeric
10 red chillies
1 cm belacan
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground fennel
2 stalks of lemon grass
2 cups of coconut
1 galangal
1 tablespoon cooking oil
6 potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Cut beef into small thin strips
2. Peel the ginger, garlic, fresh turmeric and onion.
3. Cut the chillies into two and remove seeds.
4. Crush the lemongrass and galangal.
5. Grind the ginger, garlic, fresh turmeric, onion and red chillies into a smooth paste.
6. Peel the potatoes and cut into wedges. Soak the potatoes.
7. Heat the cooking oil into a pot.
8. Add in the ground paste, coriander, cumin, fennel, lemongrass and galangal. Stir until fragrant.
9. Add the beef; coconut milk, salt and pepper. Cook over slow heat for 20 minutes.
10. Add the potatoes and cook over slow to medium heat until the meat and potatoes are tender.