My Rendang Daging made up thread was reheated before everything else for the dinner was ready. I wanted to get the moisture driven off the sauce so I would have just the oil from the coconut milk left to fry the meat and get it sticky and slightly crispy as per the directions. FAIL. As with any dinner, it is hard to be in the kitchen with guests so I put the meat on for a slow heat up and proceeded to dry the meat out so badly it is in the bin. People were polite but the meat was dry and I never really got enough oil that I could 'fry' the meat. 😫
But all was not lost everything else was really good. I made a rice cone with coconut rice accompanied by various condiments such as shrimp chips, peanut wafers, serundeng (which is a mix of coconut and peanuts with various spices), shrimp sambal and cucumber slices. It made for a spectacular presentation eliciting 'ooo's and ahh's' from our friends. Most of it got eaten. Back to the drying board on the Rendang.
