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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Indonesian Chicken Curry

Rich, creamy and aromatic chicken curry to spice up your life - this one will be sure to leave your curry cravings fully satisfied!

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Time

1 hour mins

Servings

4 people

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Ingredients

  • Half whole chicken (cut into pieces)

Paste Ingredients

  • 3 large red chilli, finely chopped 
  • 2 birdseye chillies, finely chopped 
  • 1 thumb galangal, sliced 
  • 1 thumb ginger, sliced  
  • 1 thumb fresh turmeric, sliced 
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced 
  • Handful shallots, sliced 
  • Handful dried red chillies, soaked in warm water for ten minutes and finely chopped 
  • 5-6 candlenuts 
  • 1 Tbsp belacan (swapsies shrimp paste) 
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, bashed and finely chopped

Spices

  • 1 Tbsp chicken masala powder 
  • 2 Tbsp curry powder 
  • 5-6 lime leaves 

Liquid 

  • 500ml chicken stock
  • 500ml fresh coconut milk
  • Gula melaka to taste (swapsies brown sugar) 
  • 1 Tbsp tamarind concentrate 

 

  • Neutral oil to cook

Method

Prepare and place the paste ingredients into a blender, along with some left over water from soaking the chillies.  Blend to a fine paste. 

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