Ayam Buah Keluak Recipe

Ayam Buah Keluak Recipe

(Chicken in Black Nut Curry - Nyonya Recipe)

30 Indonesian black nuts

Pinch of salt

½ teaspoon sugar

1 chicken, 1.4kg, cut into pieces

1 teaspoon salt

340g garam assam paste (refer More Nyonya Recipes)

570g pork ribs, cut into pieces

Ingredients to mix together:

85g tamarind soaked in 170ml water,

  squeezed and strained

1-1½ level teaspoons salt

900ml water

Method:

Soak nuts in cold water for ½ hour.  Brush nuts to remove sandy particles.  Crack where nut is smooth and remove meat.  Add a pinch of salt and ½ teaspoon sugar and pound together to form a firm, smooth paste, then refill shells.  Season chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and leave for ½ hour.  Place the thawed garam assam paste in an enamel pan with the mixed tamarind ingredients and bring to the boil over high heat.  Add pork ribs and boil for 5 minutes.  Reduce heat to moderate and cook for ½ hour.  Add the nuts and then the chicken and continue cooking for another ½ hour or until chicken is tender, stirring occasionally.  Serve with white rice.