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Gulai Pakis Recipe
Photo: Mike Kenneally

Gulai Pakis Recipe

16 ingredients 4 to 6 servings openrecipes

Gulai Pakis, sometimes gulai paku, is a delicious Indonesian classic dish of fiddlehead ferns cooked in a rich coconut sauce spiced with chiles, galangal, and...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

540
Calories
28g
Protein
42g
Fat
19g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 14 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Galangal not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Macadamia Nut not in our table 0
Tamarind not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 large garlic cloves, crushed, peeled, and minced
  • 1/2 ounce fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
  • 1/2 ounce galangal, peeled and finely grated
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, root end trimmed, outer leaves and tough green top removed, inner 6-inch-long bulb finely ground
  • 1/2 ounce fresh
  • peeled and finely grated; or 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 4 or more red Thai chiles, stemmed, seeded, and minced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds, finely ground
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, finely ground
  • 3 candlenuts or macadamia nuts, finely crushed
  • 1 tablespoon Indonesian or Thai shrimp paste
  • 3 cups unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1/4 cup or more tamarind extract
  • 4 kaffir lime leaves (2 pairs)
  • 1 1/2 pounds fiddleheads, well washed and drained, tail base trimmed

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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