Indonesian Food Recipes

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Ingredients:

• 2 whole chicken, cut into quarters
• 8 shallots, thinly sliced
• 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
• 2 glasses coconut milk
• 4 cm galangal, bruised
• 1 tbs tamarind juice
• 2 tbs vegetable oil

Spice paste ingredients:

• 8 candle nuts
• 6 red chilies
• 4 cm ginger
• 2 cm turmeric
• 1 tsp pepper seeds
• salt to taste

Directions:

• Grind spice paste ingredients in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle into a fine paste.
• Saute minced shallots until yellowed. Add spice paste, lemongrass, galangal.? Continue stir-frying until fragrant. Pour 2 glasses of water and tamarind juice.? Stir to combine. Let it simmer until the chicken is tender.
• Add coconut milk. Continue simmering and stirring until oil starts to come out. Remove.
• Grill chicken until browned on both sides.
• Remove and serve. If there is leftover of spice mixture, sprinkle it over chicken.