Amehnat (Country Style Beef)
| Yield: | 4 Servings |
| Categories: | Burma, Beef |
| 1/2 | c | Onion, chopped fine |
| 1 | lg | Garlic clove, chopped fine |
| 1/2 | Inch fresh ginger, chopped fine | |
| 1 | ts | Dried hot red chili flakes |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 2 | ts | Fish sauce (nam pya ye) |
| 1/4 | ts | Ground turmeric |
| 1 | tb | Corn or peanut oil |
| 1 | lb | Boneless beef chuck, cut into 2-inch cubes |
| 1 | c | Water |
| 1 | Stalk lemongrass, cut into 4 pieces, lightly pounded | |
| 1 | ts | Tamarind paste, dissolved in |
| 2 | tb | Water, and strained through a metal seive |
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