# Gulai Tunjang

Gulai Tunjang is a super duper delicious and tender dish with a thick and flavorful sauce, perfect as a complement to rice.

- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: Indonesian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: id

## Ingredients

- 1 bungkus tunjang
- 1 jempol jahe
- 1 sdm garam
- 1 kg tunjang yang sudah empuk
- 2 batang sereh
- 6 lembar daun jeruk
- 5 lembar daun salam
- 1 jempol lengkuas
- 1 lembar daun kunyit
- 2 ruas jari kayu manis
- 600 ml Air
- 250 ml Santan kental
- 2 sdt kaldu bubuk
- 1 sdt gula
- 1 sdt penyedap
- 0 secukupnya Garam
- 12 butir bawang merah
- 8 butir bawang putih
- 14 buah cabe merah keriting
- 15 buah cabe rawit
- 1 ruas jari jahe
- 1 kelingking kunyit
- 2 sdt ketumbar
- 1 sdt lada bulat
- 2 buah pekak
- 1 sdt jinten
- 5 butir cengkeh
- 6 butir kapulaga
- 0.5 butir biji pala

## Instructions

1. Presto the tunjang for 1 hour with 1 thumb of ginger and 1 tbsp of salt until tender, or boil it until tender.
2. Roast all the spices before grinding them.
3. Grind the ingredients for BUMBU HALUS: 12 shallots, 8 cloves of garlic, 14 curly red chilies, 15 bird's eye chilies, 1 finger-length ginger, 1 pinky-length turmeric.
4. Grind the spices: 2 tsp coriander, 1 tsp whole pepper, 2 star anises, 1 tsp cumin, 5 cloves, 6 cardamoms, ½ nutmeg. Use only 2 tsp of this ground spice mixture.
5. Once the tunjang is cooked and tender, remove it.
6. Add the tunjang directly to the prepared spice sauce.
7. Cook the tunjang with the spice sauce, 2 lemongrass stalks, 6 kaffir lime leaves, 5 bay leaves, 1 thumb-length galangal, 1 turmeric leaf, 2 finger-lengths cinnamon, 600ml water, 250ml thick coconut milk, 2 tsp stock powder, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp seasoning, and salt to taste.
8. Serve the Gulai Tunjang.

## Equipment

- presto
- blender

## Tips

- For the best aroma, roast the spices before grinding them.
- Choose clean tunjang.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSu7wTbLr/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b6a1510f-ab85-4e26-8484-c6aa10020044
- Extracted: 2026-03-24

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