Delicious minced beef with potato and carrot

This is one of my favourite dish from my mom's recipes. It is rich, filling, and it is quite easy to make. It is perfect for winter dinner but also good in any season - even as lunch. This recipe will feed 4 people.

Ingredients

Minced beef 1/2 kg

2 potatoes - cut to small cubes

2 carrots - cut to small cubes

1 brown onion - Cut to thin slices

1 whole nutmeg - Break to two 

Dark soy sauce
Light soy sauce

Sweet soy sauce

Oil

Cooking method

Heat oil in a stick-proof pot on medium heat. Cook onion until soft then add meat, cook until the meat is light brown, then add potatoes and carrots. Immediately pour a splash of dark and sweet soy sauce, and nutmeg. Mix well, close the pan with a lid and leave to cook for 10 minutes in low heat. Within the 10 minutes, check the pot and stir thoroughly a number of times to avoid the meat from sticking on the bottom of the pot. 

Add a splash of light soy sauce. Mix well and taste test the flavour. There should be a good balance of sweet and salty. If it is not sweet enough, add sweet soy sauce, if it's not salty enough, add the light soy sauce. The colour of the dish should be dark brown, if it's too light in colour, add dark soy sauce.

When the flavour balance is right, close the pan with lid and cook mixture until the carrots and potatoes are cooked. 

Serve with rice. I love to eat this dish with a condiment of fresh chopped chilly and light soy sauce to enhance the flavour.