Asian Poultry Recipes - Indonesian Bahgana Chicken Dish (Ayam Bahgana)  Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (3 lb./1 1/2 kg.) (cleaned)

• 4 tablespoons coconut/cooking oil

• 2 1/2 cups santan/coconut milk

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece laos/galangal (crushed)

• 1 stalk serai/lemon grass (crushed)

• 7 daun salam/3 bay leaves

• salt to taste

• 4 oz. (125 g.) red beans (boiled till tender & drained)

• cooked rice (to serve)

• fried onion flakes (to garnish)

Ground Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon ketumbar/coriander seeds

• 4 buah keras/candlenuts

• 2-inch (5-cm.) piece kunyit/turmeric root

• 8 red chilies

• 12 shallots

• 5 cloves garlic                                                                 

• 1/2-inch (1.2-cm.) piece terasi/dried shrimp paste (dry-fried)

• 2 teaspoons gula Jawa/palm sugar

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Cut chicken into convenient pieces and crush lightly with a pestle.

2. Heat oil and stir-fry ground ingredients till golden.

3. Add coconut milk, galangal, lemon grass and salam or bay leaves. Season to taste. Bring to the boil.

4. Add chicken-pieces. Stir-cook till chicken is done and the gravy is very thick.

5. Mix in red beans. Adjust seasoning and remove from heat.

6. Serve hot, on a bed of boiled white rice. Garnish with fried onions.