Bo Kho - Vietnamese beef stew - حلال

[Intro music] [Intro music] Assalaamu Alaikum and welcome to Titli's Busy Kitchen with me Titli Nihaan. You know how much I love strong taste in food but Vietnamese Bo Kho is something else. Do make sure you get a license from the International Atomic Energy Authority before you start this recipe, OK? I hope I can survive the fumes long enough to tell you that I've got 500 g of beef, cut up into bite-size pieces. 3 chopped shallots. 1 small onion that I've halved and then cut into very thin slices. Some soy sauce, some nước mắm (nuoc mam) sauce which is a fish sauce. A bunch of basil. Fresh basil. 2 red chillies that I've chopped into pieces. 3 cloves of garlic. Here I've got a tablespoon of ready prepared lemon grass. It's better if you can get fresh lemon grass and if you can use 2 stalks, bruise them and chop them. 1 tablespoon of turmeric. 1 tablespoon of curry powder. 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. 4 star anise. A beef stock cube. *cough* First thing I have to do is dry-roast the star anise in a small pan over a high heat for about 5 minutes. Then when cooled, grind them in a coffee grinder. Then when cooled, grind them in a coffee grinder. Super. With the beef in a large bowl, add the turmeric and mix. Put it to one side for about half an hour. In the pan I've got 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. If you can't get sesame oil just ordinary vegetable oil is fine. Add in the shallots, Add in the shallots, the garlic, the garlic, the lemon grass the lemon grass and the chillies. and the chillies. Stir these around for a couple of minutes. Now add in the curry powder. Most but not all of the star anise. Keep a little bit back and the beef. and the beef. Once the beef is browned, add in 700 ml of beef stock. 3 tablespoons of nước mắm sauce, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and the sugar. and the sugar. Bring it back to the boil, turn the heat right down and let it simmer gently for 45 minutes. turn the heat right down and let it simmer gently for 45 minutes. In fact I ended up cooking this for an hour and a half because the beef wasn't quite tender enough which you can see it has gone to a beautiful thick gravy. Now I'm gonna add in the basil Now I'm gonna add in the basil and the remaining star anise. Mix it altogether and transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with thinly sliced onions and serve with sticky rice or a baguette. That will seem to pass off without incident. Bo Kho is a really intensely-flavoured dish. I'm just gonna sneak a little bite.