When you get the meat for the Eid al- Adha sacrifice , you often don't find a label that explains exactly what the meat is. Cow or goat? What parts are suitable for soup?
You can identify it through the following instructions, as stated by Cookpad via ANTARA, quoted on Monday, July 11.
Aroma
Goat meat has a distinctive aroma and tends to be strong, or what is commonly called prengus (has a distinctive aroma). While the beef is not flashy and not too fishy.
Texture and fiber
Goat meat has thicker fibers so it has a coarser texture and feels softer when held. While beef fiber is smaller and tenuous, when held it feels more chewy and smooth.
Beef fat also has long white streaks of fat, while goat meat does not. Clumps of mutton fat gathered in certain parts only.
Color
If you look closely, these two meats have different colors. Beef is pale in color and will turn dark brown when exposed to air. Meanwhile, goat meat is bright red in color and will turn slightly purple when exposed to room temperature.
Of course, when cooked the taste of the two meats is also different. Goat meat has a more savory taste than beef. The savory taste of goat meat is influenced by its aroma.
When you get beef, you don't need to be confused about choosing the right dish for a particular cut of meat. There are several menu recommendations that match each cut of meat.
If you get the outside, cut the meat from the bottom of the rib to the outside of the inside, try turning it into steaks or stews. The deep cut from the center of the beef bada is suitable for making stews, soups or stir-fried meat. Meanwhile, the brisket, the meat portion of the lower breast, is suitable for soto, rawon and meatballs.
If you get sengkel, the upper front of the beef leg, try cooking it into soup, soto, rawon, rendang or muscle meatballs. Meanwhile, oxtail taken from the tailbone is a suitable ingredient for making clear soups, broths and grilled oxtails.
Short ribs, aka beef ribs that are shorter by including a few ribs, can be cooked into konro or barbeque soup. You can use the remaining drops to make broth.
