Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, gulai ayam - indonesian chicken curry. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Excite your tastebuds with this traditional Indonesian dish originating from West Sumatra. It's chicken cooked in spicy rich sauce not as dark as Indian. Using a flavorful array of spices, in this video, Seraphine is going to show you how to cook authentic Indonesian chicken curry, or as it's called here.
Gulai Ayam - Indonesian Chicken Curry is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Gulai Ayam - Indonesian Chicken Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook gulai ayam - indonesian chicken curry using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Gulai Ayam - Indonesian Chicken Curry:
- Make ready 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
- Get 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Make ready 750 ml water
- Make ready 200 ml coconut milk
- Get 1 lemongrass, bruised and knotted
- Make ready 5 kaffir limes leaves
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Prepare Spice Paste :
- Make ready 2 big red chilies
- Take 5 shallots
- Make ready 5 clove garlic
- Take 5 candlenuts
- Take 1 cm ginger
- Make ready 2 teaspoon coriander seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Get 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 teaspoon sugar
No wonder leading up to Sunday, I had gulai ayam on my mind. Indonesians also have their Kari Ayam (Chicken Curry). This Kari Ayam normally doesn't use chili peppers and thus, it is not hot like Gulai Ayam. In my recipe, I substitute chili peppers with sambal oelek since it is sometimes not easy to find red or Thai chili peppers in the Asian grocery stores in my.
Instructions to make Gulai Ayam - Indonesian Chicken Curry:
- Grind all the spice paste ingredients.
- Heat oil in a soup pot and fry the spice paste. Add lemongrass, kaffir limes leaves and bay leaves until fragrant, around 3-5 minutes.
- Add chicken. Cook until chicken are no longer pink.
- Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked and tender.
- Pour the coconut milk and cook for another 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and serve immediately with steamed rice.
Indonesia is a big country, and cuisines of many regions combined make up what we know as Indonesian cuisine. I never throw away the extra sauce even when all the chicken is gone. The extra curry sauce elevates a humble meal of steamed rice and fried egg into a delicious meal. Try out this rich Indonesian chicken curry, locally referred to as 'Gulai Ayam'. Doused in traditional Malay ingredients like coconut milk and Kaffir lime paired with fiery Thai chilies and lemongrass, this chicken curry will leave your palate reeling.
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