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

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
South East Asia
Gluten-free
Spicy

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