Recipe of Ayam Panggang

Ingredients:-

1 Chicken cut into pieces 1 heaped tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp salt Ground Ingredients:- 20 dried chillies, soaked 12 shallots 5 cloves garlic 1 ¼ cm ginger 2 ½ cm young galingale 2 ½ cm turmeric root 1 coconut, grated (for 1 ½ cups thick coconut milk) 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt oil for deep-frying 1 stalk lemon grass, crushed lightly for basting Method :- Rub chicken pieces with turmeric powder and salt and leave for 15 mins. Combine ground ingredients, coconut milk, sugar and salt and keep aside. Heat oil and deep-fry marinated chicken for 10 mins or until half-cooked. Remove and drain well. Using the crushed lemon grass, baste chicken with coconut mixture and grill, preferably over glowing charcoal. Baste chicken with coconut mixture at least 3 times on each side and grill until chicken is cooked.