SOTO BABAT
Posted on February 28th, 2008 | Rating:
| Category: Soups & Stuff
INGREDIENTS:
600 gr beef tripe, cleaned and washed well
3 liter water
1 liter beef stock
1 cup beef spice paste
5 cm sugar can stem, split lengthwise
(optional)
2,5 cm ginger, peeled and sliced lengthwise
4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 tbsp distilled white vinegar
200 gr giant white radish, peeled and diced in 1 cm cubes
5 sprigs celery leaf chipped
1 tbsp fried shallots
PREPARATION:
Rinse tripe well under running water until very clean. Bring water to boil in a large pan, add tripe and simmer until soft approx 1 hour.
Strain water and cool tripe in ice water. Cut in pieces approx 2,5 cm x 1cm. Bring beef, beef spice paste, sugar cane, ginger, garlic and vinegar to boil. Add tripe and radish. Simmer until vegetables are soft. Garnish with celery leaf and fried shallots.
Helpful hints:
Any type of summer squash or Chinese winter melon can be used instead of giant white radish (Japanese daikon). This soup reheats well.sing cabbage, the cooking time will be much shorter. Season to taste with salt and pepper and garnish with fried shallots.