Gulai Pakis - stewed fern tips from Bali

stewed fern tips from Bali

ingredients:

3 bunches pakis / fern tips

1000 ml coconut milk

50 g ikan asin / anchovies

1 kunyit

1 sprig of basil

2 stalks lemongrass

3 jeruk purut

 

bumbu:

3 red chilies

3 pitted red chilies

5 shallots

3 cloves garlic

2 red rawits

2cm kunyit

1 cm ginger

2 cm laos

2 tsp salt

 

preparation:

Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Heat the coconut milk in a pan together with the paste, the kunyit leaf, basil, lemongrass and jeruk purut and bring to a boil. Add the pakis and anchovies and cook until done and the sauce is thick.