Sunday is a creative day, I just made Ayam Klaten. Ayam means chicken, Klaten is name of  a city in Indonesia. So this recipe should be originally from Klaten. But please Klaten people, don’t be mad at me if the recipe is not exactly same as yours. 😀

This food is luxurious with many spices ( I used fresh spices). I used ayam kampung,  the chickens that are raised using traditional free range production techniques. It’s very healthy definitely very delicious but of course little bit more expensive.

Ingredients

• 1 ayam kampung
• 2 tablespoon salt
• 3 tablespoon lemon juice
• 5 shallot cloves (bawang merah)
• 5 garlic cloves (bawang putih)
• 4 candlenuts (kemiri)
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds (ketumbar)
• 1/2 tablespoon fennel seeds (adas)
• 1/2 tablespoon cumin (jinten)
• 2 star anise (bunga lawang)
• 2 cm ginger (jahe)
• 2 cm galangal (lengkuas)
• 1/2 tablespoon tamarin
• 2 tablespoon palm sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 lemongrass stick (sereh)
• 3 salam leaves
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 2 cups water

Instructions

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and lemon juice and sit it about 15 minutes
• Roast: coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin, star anise about 1 minutes until fragrance
• Mince: roasted spices, shallots, garlic, candlenuts, ginger, galangal
• Heat vegetable oil, add mince spices, lemongrass and salam leaves
• Add chicken
• Add coconut milk an water
• Add palm sugar, tamarin and salt
• Boil with medium heat about 30 minutes until chicken is tender
• Chicken will be beautifully brown, tender, juicy and delicious
• Done 🙂