Sunday, 12 August 2012

Spicy Tamarind Chicken


Asam Pedas Ayam


Ingredients
1/2 chickens (medium size) cut into small
2 tablespoons chilli (may add another two or three spoonfuls of chillies if you want spicy)
1 stalk lemon grass (crushed or sliced ​​only)
2 inch galangal or ginger (sliced​​)
Add few kesum leaves or kaffir lime leaves
Add a shrimp paste (it’s okay if you do want to put it )
3 shallots or (1/4 large onion small size)
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup tamarind water
2 tomatoes (1st tomatoes cut in small, 2nd tomatoes cut split in 4)
a little oil for frying
1 red chilli
pinch of salt

Ropes
 *Blend shrimp paste, onion and garlic in to pieces, if you want to use the mortar pound pulverized rock would be good.

Heat a little oil, saute the lemongrass and ginger until fragrant, then add chilli paste and add the blended material in above* and saute until looking golden. After that add 1 small cut of tomato, stir, stir and let the crushed tomatoes.

Then add tamarind juice and 1 cup water, just let it to boil, then add chicken and kesum leaves, after the chicken is tender add the chopped tomato that has been sliced to 4 and pepper, adjust the flavor, add a little salt. Once the vegetables wilt, turn off heat and serve.


Happy Cooking.

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