Singapore and Melaka

Ayam buah keluak

Name: Ayam buah keluak
Prep time: 24 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 26 h
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Peranakan
Ingredients: 15 keluak nuts cleaned and soaked, or ready paste keluak nut paste; 15 shallots; 15 soaked dried red chilli; 5 fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles); 6 cloves garlic; a thumb galangal; 2 stalks lemongrass; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 5 candlenuts; 1 tbsp shrimp paste; 4 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 kg bone in pieces chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); Tamarind, pulp, in 1 cup water; Water, including tamarind water; 1 1/2 tbsp palm sugar (gula melaka); 1 tsp salt

Chicken in a tamarind spice gravy with black keluak nuts. The Peranakan dish to master.

120 minTime

44 gProtein each

mediumSpice

24hPlan ahead. Soak for 24 hours first; the 120 minutes come after.

The Peranakan signature2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayChicken in tamarind rempah gravy with keluak nuts.

The original

584kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

120minutessame

Ayam buah keluak.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Keluak nut paste15 keluak nuts, cleaned and soaked, or ready paste

Shallots15

Dried red chilli15, soaked

Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)5

Garlic6 cloves

Galangala thumb

Lemongrass2 stalks

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Candlenuts5

Shrimp paste1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg bone in pieces

Tamarindpulp, in 1 cup water

Waterincluding tamarind water

Palm sugar (gula melaka)1½ tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1If using whole nuts, soak them 2 to 3 days, changing the water daily, then scrub. Crack the opening and dig out the flesh; discard any that smell sour.
2Pound the shallots, chillies, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, turmeric, candlenuts and shrimp paste into rempah.
3Fry the rempah in the oil over low heat for 15 minutes until the oil separates.
4Add the chicken and coat, then the tamarind water, water and keluak (whole stuffed nuts or paste).
5Simmer 40 minutes until the chicken is tender and the gravy dark. Season with palm sugar and salt.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl with whole keluak nuts and a small spoon to dig out the paste, plenty of rice alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Singapore and Melaka

Ayam buah keluak

Chicken in a tamarind spice gravy with black keluak nuts. The Peranakan dish to master.

120 minTime

44 gProtein each

mediumSpice

24hPlan ahead. Soak for 24 hours first; the 120 minutes come after.

The Peranakan signature2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayChicken in tamarind rempah gravy with keluak nuts.

The original

584kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

120minutessame

Ayam buah keluak.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Keluak nut paste15 keluak nuts, cleaned and soaked, or ready paste

Shallots15

Dried red chilli15, soaked

Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)5

Garlic6 cloves

Galangala thumb

Lemongrass2 stalks

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Candlenuts5

Shrimp paste1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg bone in pieces

Tamarindpulp, in 1 cup water

Waterincluding tamarind water

Palm sugar (gula melaka)1½ tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1If using whole nuts, soak them 2 to 3 days, changing the water daily, then scrub. Crack the opening and dig out the flesh; discard any that smell sour.
2Pound the shallots, chillies, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, turmeric, candlenuts and shrimp paste into rempah.
3Fry the rempah in the oil over low heat for 15 minutes until the oil separates.
4Add the chicken and coat, then the tamarind water, water and keluak (whole stuffed nuts or paste).
5Simmer 40 minutes until the chicken is tender and the gravy dark. Season with palm sugar and salt.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl with whole keluak nuts and a small spoon to dig out the paste, plenty of rice alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ayam buah keluak

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Ayam buah keluak

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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