Buah Keluak Heritage Stew

There are flavours you recognise immediately. Buah keluak is one of them.

Dark, earthy and intensely savoury, it gives our Buah Keluak Heritage Stew a depth that’s difficult to mistake for anything else.

Chicken thigh sits in that rich gravy alongside a serious line-up of aromatics: ginger, galangal, candlenut, belacan, lemongrass, garlic and shallots. Chilli paste adds warmth and heat, while tamarind juice brings a tart edge that cuts through the richness and keeps the flavours from becoming too heavy.

The result isn’t a one-note spicy stew.

Take a spoonful and you get the distinctive earthy character of buah keluak first, followed by savoury belacan, fragrant aromatics, chilli and that little tang of tamarind. The chicken thigh gives you succulent, meaty bites coated generously in the dark gravy.

And you absolutely want that gravy.

Spoon it over hot rice and let the grains catch every bit of the buah keluak, aromatics and spices. Add a piece of chicken and you have the mouthful this dish was made for — rich, earthy, savoury, aromatic, spicy and tangy all at once.

For anyone searching for buah keluak delivery in Singapore or wanting a heritage dish alongside the Christmas roasts, this brings a distinctly Peranakan flavour to the feast — one that buah keluak lovers will recognise from the first spoonful.