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Chicken in creamy thick coconut milk actually served on special occasions
Ingredients :
1 chicken, 1 kg
6 shallots, 60 g
4 cloves garlic, 20 g
4 candlenuts, 20 g
5 g turmeric
10 g ginger
2 Tbs cooking oil, 20 ml, for stir frying
10 g galangal, bruised
2 stalks lemon grass, 15 cm each, bruised
2 salam leaves
600 ml thick coconut milk
1 tsp salt, 4 g (or to taste)
1 tsp brown sugar, 5 g
5 Tbs crisply fried shallot slices
Methods :
- Cut chicken in 10 pieces.
- Make shallots, garlic, candlenuts, turmeric, and ginger into a paste. Stir fry until aromatic. Ad galangal, lemon grass, salam leaves, and chicken pieces. Continue cooking until chicken changes color.
- Pour in coconut milk. Season with salt and brown sugar. Continue cooking until chicken is done.
- When serving top with crisply fried shallot slices.
Note : 8 - 10 servings
Source : Magazine Selera, March 1994
