Soto Mie Jakarta (Jakarta Noodle Soup)

Ingredients

1/2 kg of diced beef

1 Litre of water

2 tbsp of oil

2 bay leaves

2 lime leaves

1 stick of lemongrass, bruised

1 cube of beef stock

3 spring onions, cut into 1cm length

Grind ingredients

5 small brown onions

2 cloves of garlic

1 tsp ground pepper

1 cm of turmeric

1 cm of fresh ginger

1 tbsp of salt

1 tsp of sugar

Condiments

Cooked Hokkien (yellow one) noodles or vermicelli noodles

Cabbage, sliced

Tomato, sliced

Small celery stick, sliced

1 lime cut into wedges

Vinegar

Spring rolls

Potato wedges