Ayam Bumbu Rujak (Chicken with Rujak Gravy) is a traditional Indonesian recipe for a spicy curry of chicken in coconut milk flavoured with tamarind. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Indonesian version of Ayam Bumbu Rujak (Chicken with Rujak Gravy).
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This is a classic Indonesian chicken dish that includes Bumbu a classic Indonesian spice paste.
Add 3 tbsp water off the boil to the tamarind paste to make tamarind juice. Add this to a food processor along with the sugar, salt, shallots, chillies, candlenuts, turmeric and 60ml coconut milk. Blend to a smooth paste and spoon into a wok on medium heat. Cook for about two minutes then set aside. Clean the wok, add more oil and stir-fry the chicken, ginger, galangal, ginger and lemongrass for five minutes. Add the cooked paste and stir fry for another minute before adding the remainder of the coconut milk. Simmer gently for forty-five minutes, until the chicken has cooked through.
Remove the ginger, galangal and lemongrass then serve on a warmed plate spooned over a bed of rice.
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