Dendeng pedas ('hot' fried beef)

1. * cut the beef fairly thin and trim it into small, square pieces.
2. Marinatei it for 1 hour or longer.
3. Remember that pedas=hot++spicy hot! this is fried beef, with a robust flavour of chilli.
4. Slice the shallots finely.
5. Seed and slice the chillis.
6. Fryi them in a tablespoonful of oil, in a wok, stirring all the time until they are golden brown.
7. Add salt to taste.
8. Keep hot. Put a tablespoonful of oil in a thick frying-pan, and fry the slices of meat a few at a time.
9. Three minutes on each side will be ample*.
10. When all the pieces are cooked, put them into the wok with the shallots and chilli.
11. Heat, and mix well.
12. Sprinkle over the mixture 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice, or, better still, fresh lime juice.
13. Stiri, and add more salt if necessary.
14. Serve hot, with rice.
15. * note: in indonesia, the meat is usually fried until crisp.
16. You can even buy sun-dried dendeng which only needs coating with bumbu and frying.
17. Crisp dendeng can be rather tough, and i prefer it as described above; however, a purist might say that my recipe is not "genuinely" indonesian.
18. Makes 6 servings.