BUAH KELUAK AYAM

By pfwombat

Ingredients

• Chicken preparation
• 4 kg chicken, chopped or 25 large thighs (each chopped into 2 parts)
• 3 tsp salt
• Rempah
• Extract 250 g pulp from the buah keluak nuts, pounded
• 550 g shallots
• 85 dried chillies
• 15 candle nuts
• 1 1/2 inch galangal
• 1/2 inch turmeric
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1/2 inch blachan(shrimp paste)
• 2 stalks lemon grass
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 7 Tbsp tamarind paste. Add 40 oz water Strain and use only the tamarind juice
• Coconut grated. Add 1/2 cup and squeeze for milk.

Preparation

Step 1

Method

1 A - Marinate chicken for 20 minutes

2 B - Grind to a fine paste (Rempah)

3 C - Heat a frying pan until hot, add 10 Tbsp oil. When oil is hot, stir-fry the rempah for 2 minutes. Add additional 4 stalks of lemon grass(bashed). Lower fire and fry till oil bubbles through. Over high fire add chicken and fry for another few minutes. Add tamarind juice. Bring to boil and lower heat. Simmer. Add sugar(5 Tbsp) and salt(4tsp) to taste. Add coconut milk and stir continuously to avoid curdling.


Optional –
20 pc buah keluak, scrubbed, cleaned & soaked over a few days.
Scoop out the pulp inside and pound it with ½ tsp salt & 2 tsp sugar

100 g shrimps, minced
½ tsp salt & ½ tsp sugar

Mix well the pulp and minced shrimps and stuff mixture back into the buah keluak shells.