Gulai Lemak Siput

Have you ever tried Gulai Lemak Siput Sedut which can loosely translate to Snail in Coconut Gravy? I know some of you might cringe on the thought of eating snail but this one taste quite tasty. It is considered a local delicacy and you cannot easily find it in normal restaurant as even the snail seems hard to find nowadays.

It is used to be a laborious work to cook this dish. Nowadays, you can buy the snail readily clean and prepared – ready for cooking. You can even buy the herbs from the supermarket. All you need to do is blend them together and add in the snail. Let it simmer for a few minutes and the meal is ready. I always love my mom’s version of this dish. She’ll put lots and lots of Daun Kadok and chilies. The dish tasted divine with thick creamy coconut milk and the most important thing is the snail is cook to perfection, not too chewy.

Here is one of the recipes that you can try out:

Ingredients:

1/2 kg snail, cut the end and clean it thoroughly
1 cup of water
1 turmeric leaf
3 slices of asam gelugur
3 cups of coconut milk
Daun Kadok

Blend together:

5 shallots
3 cm fresh turmeric
2 tsp dried prawn
1 1/2 cm shrimp paste
Red chilies/Bird eyes chilies depending on your tolerance
How to cook it?

1. Add in water, turmeric leaf, asam gelugur, daun kadok and the blended ingredients into a pot. Let it simmer for a while
Add in coconut milk and salt to taste. Keep stirring the gravy to prevent it from “curdling”. Once it boiling, add in the snail. Cook for a while and turn the fire off. Try not to cook it for too long as it cause the snail to become chewy.