Ayam Masak Habang

Ayam Masak Habang/Merah

Ayam Masak Habang is classic dish from Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan)that often sells at many eateris in the area of nasi campur.To translate its name litterally,ayam means chicken, masak mean cooked or to cook, and habang means red.Most indonesian recipies apply fresh red cayenne peppers,however this recipes use dried forms to get a darker coulour.This recipe is similar to Malaysian Ayam Masak Merah which is actually the same meaning of habang.

Ingridient:

1kg chicken pieces

1 lime

5 pieces salam leave

4cm cinnamons

4 cloves

300 ml of boiled water

100ml cooking oil

Spices to be ground-
3 ginger(peeled)

125 gram shallot

100 gram of garlics

3 tbs grounded red chillies pepper

4 tbs coconut sugar

1 tsp dried shrimp paste

1 tps tamarind.dissolved in a small amount of seasalt water