Liver in a spiced coconut sauce

Name: Liver in a spiced coconut sauce (Kelia Hati)
Yield: to serve four
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 1 tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp ground coriander; 1 or 2 tsp sambal ulek, or 1 tsp chilli powder; 700 g (1½ lb) ox liver; 2 tbs white vinegar; ½ tsp turmeric; a pinch of powdered lemon grass; 800 ml (1½ pints) thick santen (coconut milk); 1 salam leaf, or bay-leaf; 2 cloves garlic; a pinch of laos (galingale); 4 shallots; salt

Kelia Hati

Preparation info

to serve
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Indonesian Food and Cookery

By Sri Owen

Published 1980

About

This is usually made with ox liver, but lamb liver is a good substitute.

Ingredients

700 g (1½ lb) ox liver
2 tbs white vinegar

Asia
Indonesia
Side dish
Gluten-free
Spicy
South East Asia

Method

Clean the liver by soaking it for about 20 minutes in a bowl of cold water with the 2 tablespoonfuls of white vinegar. Then cut it into small slices about 1 cm (½″) thick.

Peel and slice the sha