Beef Soup Soto
Beef Soup Soto or Soto Daging is a beef soup laden with spices and eaten with nasi impit (compressed rice), garnished with spring onion, bawang goreng (fried onions) and begedil (potato dumplings).
Beef Soup
There are three variations of soup can be used to make Soto, either beef, mutton or chicken.
For the Beef Soup Soto , the beef is boiled until tender and separate the beef from the broth. Then, the beef is sliced or shredded to garnish on top Nasi Impit. This method is similar for Chicken Soup Soto.
For the Mutton Soup Soto , the broth and mutton were boiled together. We do not separate the mutton from the broth. Served the soup with Nasi Impit without slicing the mutton.
The Beef Soup Soto are divided into three main course which are:
Nasi Impit
Nasi Impit is a soft cooked rice that is compressed in a mould and served with cube shaped. The Nasi Impit has bland taste.
The main ingredients to cook nasi impit are rice and water, The ratio is for every one cup of the rice, it need three cup of water.
Cook rice with moderate heat until the water dries. Then add in cooking oil and press the rice.
Using cling wrap rolled and pressed for five minutes. Place a baking tin with banana leaves and put in the mashed rice.
Press the rice harder and cover it with banana leaves. Put a small pot filled with water on top to compress the rice.
Put aside for four hours before cutting in a cube. Nasi Impit is ready.
Begedil (Potato Dumpling)
Begedil or also known as potato dumpling, is a mashed potato mixed with curry powder, spring onion, red onion. These mixes is then shaped into a ball and are dipped into whisked egg and deep fried.
How to serve Beef Soup Soto
Place the Nasi Impit in the bowl and pour in the broth to cover.
Put shredded beef, potato dumplings and spicy-sweet sauce on top. Spread spring onion and soup leaves.
Updated and checked by Halaman Sihat on 26th May 2024.
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