Kalio jengkol, Padang-style jengkol curry

Kalio jengkol, Padang-style jengkol curry

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Kalio jengkol is a specialty dish from Padang, on Sumatra: it consists of jengkol seeds cooked in a spicy coconut milk sauce with dried small fish.

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Kalio jengkol is a typical dish from Padang, in West Sumatra. The jengkol seeds are simmered in a spicy coconut milk until they soften.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodnibbling

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.59
  • $0.29

Directions

  1. Cook the jengkol seeds in water until they are tender.
  2. Grate the coconut and extract 1.2 liters of coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
  3. Finely grind all the spices, except for the lemongrass and the turmeric leaf. ≈ 3 min
  4. Pour the coconut milk, spice paste, lemongrass, turmeric leaf, and small fish into a pot, then bring to a boil.
  5. Add the jengkol seeds and cook until the oil rises to the surface.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 30 jengkol seeds
  • 50 g of dried small fish (ikan teri)
  • 1 coconut
  • Ground spices in a paste (except lemongrass and turmeric leaf)
  • lemongrass
  • Turmeric leaf

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