Nyonya chicken curry, another famous
Peranakans cuisine from Malaysia. It is a kind of curry cooked without adding in curry powder. As I know, most nyonya food use a lot of sour or tangy ingredients in their cooking for instance kaffir leaves, lime juice, tamarind & more. Nyonya cooking is known as the result by blending in Chinese ingredients and cooking techniques into Malay cuisine.
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Kapitan chicken. I have tried cooking this particular flavour with giant prawns. Oh my, my kids are loving it. Its a super scrumptious dish. And recently I was inspired by
Sonia. So this round, I am preparing it with chicken meat. Unlike most recipe, I personally prefer to fry the meat before braised it with the sourish gravy. Hubby said it tastes so much difference from the one without frying. Please read on to find out more.
Ingredients :
2 whole chicken leg, cut into 3 portion each
2 TB turmeric powder
7 pcs
keffir lime leaves
6 pcs
tamarind slices
1 key lime juice
100ml coconut milk or 1 pkt coconut powder
1 TB brown sugar
1 tspn vegetarian granules & salt to taste
2 stalk lemongrass, smashed
2 cups water
Ingredients for
blended paste :
5 shallots
5 garlic cloves
1 inch ginger
1 inch
galangal / blue ginger
1 stalk lemongrass, only the white part
15 dried chilies, soaked to soften
one small piece of
belacan (shrimp paste), slightly toasted
(gather everything into grinder, add in 1/2 cup cooking oil & grind into paste)
I omitted
candlenuts
Method :
(1) marinade chicken pieces with turmeric powder & rest for 20 minutes, then fry till golden brown.
(2) preheat wok with 1 cup of cooking, stir in blended paste & smashed lemongrass and saute till fragrant & red.
(3) add in fried chicken, tamarind slices & (5 pcs) of kaffir leaves (slice the remaining leaves), mix well.
(4) next, add in water and bring it to boil.
(5) now, stir in coconut milk and continue boiling till thicken, it takes roughly about 15 minutes.
(6) finally, add in salt, sugar, granule & lime juice and continue cooking for another 2 minutes. Off the heat & serve.
I'm run out of coconut milk & tamarind paste that day and replaced it with coconut powder and tamarind slices instead. Gosh, it still tastes fantastically ! The gravy looks really really good as well. Overall, its truly satisfying. Two of our guests polished everything off quietly.... by adding in extra rice.
haha..... Glad you guys loving it.
