Rocks as ingridients???

These objects as rocks are hard-shelled seeds of the tree kepayang (Pangium edule), which grows wild in Indonesia and Malaysia. Kluwak known as the Indonesian and Malay buah keluak are an essential ingredient in rawon, an East Java beef or chicken stew, and ayam / babi buah keluak, chicken or pork an d Malaysian Nonya summer looking at heaps specialty.I kluwak of jobs to suppliers in Indonesia in Kuala Lumpur Chow Kit market for some time. Rawon was brilliantly served by a generous seller Javanese Restoran TAR neighbor I got in the way of the purchase. Dotted with small soybean seeds germinated only this entree begged to be eaten by a cold night in front of the fireplace. No chance of KL, but could put the CA release before I feel my own version.

The pale "meat" of the first kluwak are toxic. On Java, where most commercially available kluwak tribes, they are soaked and boiled to neutralize their hydrocyanic acid. The black meat treated seeds are soft and oily, like half-cooled tar (some might say, opium), and woodland smells like a forest after a long rain. It tastes a bit like a mushroom powerful, with a touch absolutely repulsive-yet-alluring of the nose.

Before mixing rawon kluwak grind to a paste. Depth of flavor, this dish refers to humility is difficult to document, but rarely have I been so taken by a bowl of beef broth. A cook better than I certainly would not have given a way to incorporate in this fascinating ingredient is a mushroom-esque western dish.

The picture above is the example of kluwak dish called Rawon.