Indonesian flavours to fire up the tastebuds

Roasted coconut chicken

Roast chicken gets the spice treatment. The flavour is authentically Indonesian, the method not, but I think you’ll love it nonetheless. The bird is bathed in a silky coconut sauce which thickens and caramelises in the oven, forming an irresistible burnished crust.

Ingredients, serves 4

1.5 kg chicken

1 tbsp tamarind paste

2 tbsp oil

400ml full-fat coconut milk

2 tsp dark palm sugar (gula jawa)

For the spice paste ...