Rendang Ayam With Potatoes

Ingredients :
1 chicken, cut into pieces
2 big potatoes, peel and cut into big cubes
Thick coconut milk of 2 old coconuts ( no water added )
cooking oil
salt
dark soy sauce, for color and sweetness

Ground spices :
4 cm ginger
7 cm galangal
8 cm tumeric
4 candlenuts
5 pips garlics
10 pips shallots
2 tbsp corriander seeds
1 nutmeg seed
4 cloves
1 anise
3 chillies, add more for hotter taste
Half red paprika, for color

Other Spices :
3 kaffir lime leaves
3 tumeric leaves, fold and knot
1 lemongrass, crush
2 bay leaves


Methods :
Heat oil ( the amount must can dip the spices ) in a big wok, saute the ground spices until fragrant and nice in color ( orange to red ),put in the other spices, chicken and potatoes. Keep stirring. Pour in the coconut milk, dark soy sauce and salt. Cook in slow heat until the coconut milk turns into oil, the gravy thicken and oily. Stirring occasionally to prevent burning bottom.

This recipe is for Vivi in Australia