Grilled Ilabulo is one of the favorite foods to break the fast in Gorontalo. Ilabulo itself used to be a food often consumed by kings in Gorontalo. Want to taste the delicious Ilabulo? Let’s recook with the recipe below! Don’t forget to use MamaKoKo coconut milk for a more savory taste.
Ingredients:
- Liver & gizzard ¼ kg cut into small pieces
- Chicken breast fillet ¼ kg cut into small pieces
- 1 pcs MamaKoKo coconut milk
- 2 boiled chicken eggs
- 350 gr sago
- 7 bird’s eye chilies
- 7 cloves shallot
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 ginger segments
- 550 ml water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp chicken stock
- ½ tsp pepper
- Banana leaves to taste
How to cook:
- The first step is to dissolve the sago with 450 ml water, then stir until the sago dissolves
- Then grind 7 cloves of shallots, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 ginger segment, 7 bird’s eye chilies. After that, grind until smooth
- Prepare hot oil, then cook the spices until fragrant
- When fragrant, pour in ¼ kg liver and gizzard and ¼ kg chicken breast fillet that has been cut into small pieces, then stir until the spices are evenly mixed and add 100 ml water
- After it starts to cook a little, add 1 tsp chicken broth, 1 pcs MamaKoKo Coconut Milk, then stir until evenly distributed
- When evenly distributed, add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp oyster sauce and ½ tsp pepper. Stir again until cooked or boiling
- After boiling, add the sago that has been dissolved earlier. Stir continuously until lumpy and solid
- When it is lumpy, turn off the stove and stir again briefly
- Next, prepare 2 boiled chicken eggs that have been cut along with enough banana leaves
- Put 1½ tbsp of the clumped ilabulo mixture into the banana leaf that has been added by the chicken egg pieces
- After that, wrap until it closes neatly and repeat again until the dough runs out
- When it is all wrapped, prepare a non-stick pan (if you don’t have a grill)
- Then flip it occasionally, don’t let it burn once. The grilled ilabulo is ready to be served!
