My first 'Ayam Pansuh'(chicken cooked in bamboo) dish

I finally cooked my Sarawak ayam pansuh(Chicken cooked in Bamboo)
during the Muslim fasting month,taking advantage
of the readily available bamboo which is normally used to cooked 'lemang'
or glutinious rice cooked in bamboo,
a favourite dish for those who are breaking fast.
The recipe was posted some time back and it is cooked the same way
as the 'lemang'.
I used a charcoal stove instead of fire wood and it was ready in about an hour.











Ayam Pansuh recipe

Bintulu- 'Resepi Ayam Pansuh'(Chicken cooked in Bamboo)

Ingredients:-
-a chicken
-5 piece of garlic,3 piece of onion,2 inch of ginger,2 'Serai' shoot and these are pounded or blended in a food mixer.
-2 stalk of 'Bunga Kantan'(etlingera eliator) slice to finer pieces
- a cup of water
-rough or normal salt to taste
-ajinomoto to taste(if prefered)~skip
-a cube of chicken essence~skip
- a piece of Bamboo medium large size
-banana leaf or tapioca shoot leaves
Directions:-
1-the chicken is slaugthered and burned over a fire until yellowish(Sarawak style)
and cut to smaller pieces.
2-mix the chicken and the blended ingredients,salt,(ajinomoto,chicken essence)~pls skip these 2 and water.
3-put the chicken and mixed ingredients into the bamboo and plug it with the banana leaf or better still with tapioca shoot leaves.
4-place the bamboo near a fire(wood or charcoal) for about an hour until it boils(same method like cooking a 'lemang')
it's now ready to be serve.




Mdm Kelinah Seri,our ever cheerful firewatcher
wrote her 'Ayam Pansuh' recipe on my note book.
It's a Sarawak delicacy of the Ibans.