1kg cockles (boiled and shelled)
300ml thick coconut milk (squeezed from 1 coconut)
1 ginger flower (sliced)
4 tablespoons Kerisik (pounded dry-fried grated coconut)
1 dried assam slice
oil for stir-fring
sugar, salt to taste

Ground ingredients :

5 shallots
5 cloves garlic
2cm piece ginger
2cm piece galangal
2cm piece turmeric
10 dried chillies
2 stalks lemon grass

Method :

1. Heat oil and fry the ground ingredients till fragrant.
2. Gradually stir in the coconut milk, assam slice, kerisik, sugar and salt.
3. When gravy is thick, add the cockles and ginger flower. Stir occasionally till almost dry.
4. Dish up and serve.