Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken gulai. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. Thus, Padang food, including Gulai Ayam, can be 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.
Chicken Gulai is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Gulai is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken gulai using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Gulai:
- Make ready 350 g Chicken meat (deboned, skinless)
- Take 40 g (4 clove) Shallots
- Get 20 g (3 cloves) Garlic
- Get 8 pc Dried Chilies
- Get 20 g (1 inch) Ginger
- Make ready 20 g (1 inch) Galangal
- Get 20 g (1 stalk) Lemongrass
- Prepare 20 g (1 inch) Turmeric root
- Get 1 cup light coconut milk
- Prepare 3 Kaffir Lime Leaves
- Get 2 pc Tamarind slices (asam keping)
- Prepare 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
- Make ready 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
- Make ready Salt to taste (4g or less)
- Take Optional;
- Make ready 1 stick Cinnamon
- Make ready 2 pc Star Anise
- Take 3 pods Cardamom
Traditional Indonesian chicken curry in spices and coconut milk. Gulai is a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce commonly found in Sumatra, Indonesia. The main ingredients might be poultry, goat meat, beef, mutton, various kinds of offal, fish and seafood, and also vegetables such as cassava leaves and unripe jackfruit. What makes Gulai Ayam Karo (or Gule Kuta-Kuta in Karo's dialect) different than other gule/gulai in The addition of grilling the chicken before mixing with other curry ingredients is elevating the flavour.
Steps to make Chicken Gulai:
- Blend shallots, garlic, dried chilies, ginger, galangal, turmeric and lemongrass into a paste.
- Add oil to wok and heat up until hot. (Fry the cinnamon, cardamom and star anise here). Fry the paste until the oil separates. Add chicken and cook well (about 5 minutes both sides).
- Add the coconut milk, tamarind slices and salt and palm sugar. Cook until the liquid is reduced to a desired consistency or until dry.
The secret to the curry is the 'rempah' or wet paste made from a multitude of fresh herbs and spices. Gulai Ayam (Minangkabau and Indonesian for: "Gulai Chicken") is a traditional Indonesian dish of chicken cooked in curry-like spicy, rich and succulent yellowish sauce called gulai. It is originally from West Sumatra (Padang). It can be classified as an Indonesian curry. A dish of chicken cooked until tender in rich and creamy gulai sauce.
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