Chicken And Jackfruit Curry - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium roasting chicken, chopped into stewing-sized pieces
10 pieces young jackfruit
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper
to make the curry paste (rempah)
6 -8 shallots
2 garlic cloves
2 cm fresh turmeric, sliced
4 -5 slices galangal
3 chili, padis sliced
1 stalk lemongrass
2 -3 kaffir lime leaves
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon malay shrimp paste (belacan)
2 candlenuts

Preparation

to prepare rempah, combine all the rempah ingredients. pond together in a pestle and mortar untiil coarse paste forms.( you can whiz them in a blender if time is of the essence).
heat some oil in a wok and fry the herb paste until fragrant.
add the chicken and stir wellso that it is coated with the herb paste. stir-fry until chicken is half cooked. add in jackfruit and mix well.
add coconut milk and 1 cup of water. bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and let the curry simmer ofr about 30 minutes.
adjust seasoning and serve hot.