Ayam Lodho (Twice Cooked Chicken with reduced coconut sauce)

I keep saying that I want to explore international culinaries in my kitchen, but then once again it ends up with Indonesian Traditional food recipes. Maybe it because when I was in Indonesia I didn't have enough knowledge about cooking and Indonesian food so at this time it's just like a revenge :P


I just tried it yesterday and the result is soooo yummy! The taste of grilled chicken with spicy coconut sauce is soooo perfect! So another new fave dish :P

Ingredients

1 free range chicken, about 1 kg

2 tbsp salt

500ml thick coconut milk (about 80%)

4 chillies,sliced (optional)

3 cm galangal,crushed

3 lemongrass, crushed

3 lime leaves

2 bay leaves

Grind:
10 shallots
10 garlic
5 cm turmeric
4 cm ginger2 cm Kaempferia galanga (kencur)
2 bird eyes chillies
2 tsp salt

1 tbsp black pepper

1 tbsp coriander

1 tsp cumin

Method 

1. Butterfly the chicken and rub it with salt
2. Grill the chicken about 5 minutes for each side.
3. Grind the shallots, garlic, turmeric,ginger,kencur,salt and chillies until smooth.
4. In a wok or skillet, heat oil in a medium saucepan over a medium heat, add galangal,lemongrass,lime leaves and bay leaves,stir fry the leaves until fragrant. 
5. Add the spice paste to the wok,stir fry until fragrant.
6. Divide the coconut milk in two jars each 250ml. Add 250ml water to one part of coconut milk, stir it to become a thin coconut milk. Pour the think coconut milk to the wok.
7. Add the chicken, when the coconut milk is boiled,reduced the heat to low heat.
8. Add the thick coconut milk to the wok. Cook the chicken until the sauce is reduced about half of it.
9. Serve with the rice.

Bahasa Indonesia:


Bahan:
1 ekor ayam kampung
1 butir kelapa, kupas, parut, ambil 250 ml santan kental dan 500 ml santan encer 
Haluskan:
10 butir bawang merah
10 siung bawang putih
3 (5 cm)ruas jari kunyit
2 (4 cm) ruas jari jahe
1 (2 cm) ruas jari kencur
2 cabai merah keriting, rebus
2 sdt garam
Bumbu Kasar:
1 sdm merica butiran, tumbuk kasar
1 sdm ketumbar, tumbuk kasar
1 sdt jintan
100 g cabai rawit
1 jempol (3 cm) lengkuas, iris kasar
3 batang serai, memarkan
3 lembar daun jeruk purut
2 lembar daun salam

Cara membuat:

• Belah ayam dari bagian dada depan ke bawah, lalu bentangkan ayam hingga terbuka lebar.
• Lumuri garam dan bakar di atas bara api hinggasetengah matang.
• Tumis bumbu kasar hingga wangi.
• Masukkan bumbu halus, aduk hingga wangi dan matang.
• Tambahkan santan encer ke dalam tumisan. Didihkan.
• Masukkan ayam bakar ke dalam wajan, tambahkan serai, daun salam, dan daun jeruk purut.
• Teruskan memasak dengan api kecil sampai mendidih.
• Tambahkan santan kental. Teruskan memasak dengan api kecil sampai kuahnya menjadi sangat kental (dalam bahasa Jawa disebut: mblondho).
• Sebaiknya masakan ini disimpan semalam, dan dipanaskan kembali keesokan hari untuk disantap dengan nasi gurih (nasi uduk) dan urap sayur.

sumber: Detikfood