Soto Ayam with Ketupat (chicken soup with pressed rice cake)

This will serve 3 - 45 - 6 shallots, sliced thinly1/4 cup of cooking oil1 thumb size galangal, sliced2 lemon grass, bruished2 - 3 star anise1 or 1/2 chilli sliced into half1 fat clove of garlic, slicedabout 8 peppercorns, crushedfew whole cloves1/2 tsp of turmeric1 small onion quarter2 - 3 lime leaves, crushed1 1/2 litres of chicken stock or 2 tsp of chicken stock powder with 1 1/2 litres of