beef casserole:
1 kg beef shin, cut into 4cm chunks
2 onions, chopped into chunky pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
2 tbsp of plain flour
2 tsp five-spice powder
3 star anise
2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped or 2 tsp dried chili flakes
3 red peppers, deseeded and cut into chunky pieces roughly 6cm
1 sweet potato, (large) or 2 medium (about 400g cubed weight), peeled and cut into 3 cm chunks
2 tbsp of dark brown sugar
3 tbsp of dark soya sauce
600ml of beef stock, hot
3 tbsp of vegetable oil
lime rice:
300g of akafuji akitakomachi rice
500ml of water, cold
3 lime leaves
1 lime, zest and juice only
to serve:
1 handful of coriander leaves
1 tbsp of coriander seeds
4 tbsp of buttermilk




