Beef Bones Soup (Sup Tulang)

Most of Malaysian love this soup. Is either we make it from bone or part of tail. But I always prefer to use bones.

Beef Bones Soup

Ingredients
1/2 kg beef bones
3 cups of water
2 potatoes - cut (optional)

1 tsp salt or to taste

4 onions - minced
3 garlics - minced
1" ginger - chopped
4 cardamom
4 cloves
3 star anise
1/2" cinnamon stick
A pinch of sugar
1 tsp chicken stock granules
Salt to taste

Fried shallot 

celery and spring onion

Spices (Combine all and mixed with water)
1 tbsp freshly ground cumin
1 tbsp freshly ground fennel
1 tbsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tbsp ground black pepper

Methods
1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a stock pot, sauté the onions, garlic, ginger and cardamom, star anise, cloves and cinnamon stick until brown.
2. Add the spices, stir fry until fragrant and then add in the water, followed by beef bones.
3. Season with sake, sugar and chicken granules. Cover the pot and let it simmer until the beef meet tender (it will be faster if you use pressure cooker)
4. Once the beef cooked, add the fried shallot, celery leaf and spring onion before served