Ayam Buah Keluak
Get it wrong and dark ominous clouds start forming in the horizon.
Ayam buah keluak. Pound the buah keluak meat in pestle mortar till it becomes a smooth paste. For ayam buah keluak. 1 made with chicken ayam braised in a thick spicy tamarind gravy with buah keluak nuts it is usually served with rice. 4 to 6 servings.
Crack open the buah keluak shells at the top. I like having a mixture of 500 700 g of bony pork for the sweetness and the remainder in not so bony chicken. Chip a small hole in each nutshell at the thicker end of the nut. Take it up a notch this year with this recipe by michelin star chef malcolm lee of candlenut.
Just the bones will do. For this recipe the contents of the buah keluak is dug out and sauteed with aromatics and seasonings before it is stuffed back into the nuts and braised with the chicken or pork rib pieces. The preparation work that precedes is so much more laborious than the actual cooking of the dish itself. Add tamarind juice and buah keluak.
Ayam buah keluak is a classic peranakan dish. Stuff the paste back into the buah keluak shells. This dish makes its appearance every chinese new year and if i get it right it means that the rest of the year is going to be prosperous and smooth sailing. Ayam buah keluak is a classic peranakan dish.
Ayam buah keluak is a mainstay of peranakan cuisine. Amount of meat used depends on which you like better. The seeds of the buah keluak fruit are used in malay indonesian and peranakan straits chinese cooking after various processes of underground fermentation soaking and cooking to leach the seeds of poisonous hydrocyanic acid. 2 description ayam buah keluak is a staple dish of the peranakans in singapore and malaysia.
3 the core ingredient of the dish is the keluak nut and the spicy tamarind gravy. Innards ass and feet not needed. The buah keluak pangium edule tree is indigenous to malaysia indonesia and singapore and is known as kepayang and kluwek in the first two countries respectively. Marinate the buah keluak meat with juice of half a lemon and brown sugar for a few minutes.
For babi ayam. Set the shells aside for use later. Heat oil in a wok fry ground spices and lemon grass until fragrant. Soak buah keluak in water for two to three days.
Ayam buah keluak is perhaps the most important recipe for me. Ayam buah keluak a revisit ayam buak keluak such a love and hate relationship with this classic peranakan dish as much as i love eating it i loathe making it. Add in chicken and fry stirring constantly. Scrub well with a brush and wash clean.
4 it is one of the most labour intensive.