Garang Asam

My veggies plants grow lots! tho i have to fight with some slugs, hornworms n other pests! what a tough Job!
so green tomatoes, beans and green chili are taken from my garden Yay! isn't it something? cooking from your garden stuff! Proud of my self lol

Got great success with yesterday's menu, "Daging asam padeh" I fall in love cooking with tamarind paste! the tasty yummy foody lol. I got this link in bahasa for the recipe http://anekaresep.multiply.com/journal/item/27/Garang_Asem_Semarang

Preparation
The meat, I used the same amount, 20 pieces of meat
2 green tomatoes, slices, 1 inch
4 green chili pepper, slices, 1inch
4 small green chili, some of them turned red, better, coz it's hotter lol
2 bay leaves
2 slices of galangal
2 tbsp of sweet sauce, if you don't wanna make it sweet, perhaps 1 tbsp
1 tsp of ground pepper
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of sugar
100 ml of tamarind water (2 tbsp of tamarind paste dissolved with water)
1 cup of water, I used the broth from the boiled meat water
3 cloves of garlic, sliced-thin
3 big shallots, sliced-thin

How to cook
Cook the meat till tender, meanwhile, saute the garlic and shallots in 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add all the seasoning. Add the meat and water. Bring them to boil. Serve when it's hot!