Peace be upon you
Since I'm still on raya holidays, I cooked Chicken Rendang for our early lunch on last week ; Tuesday. Oh heaven, sebab during raya festive I tak makan banyak rendang because we all tak buat rendang for this year raya. Makan rendang at my neighbours place aje. Kalau kat rumah orang tu biasa lah.. hanya dua tiga cubit saja dapat makan hihi.
Ingredients
A
1/2 chicken (cut to small pieces)
2 tsbp tumeric powder
1 tsp salt
B
10 shallots (thinly sliced)*
5 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)*
5 cm ginger (thinly sliced)*
5 cm galangal (thinly sliced)*
5 stalks lemongrass (thinly sliced)*
2 tumeric leaves (finely sliced)
10 bird's eye chilies *
1/2 cup chili paste
2 tsp tumeric powder
2 tbsp dry coconut paste (kerisik)
1 asam keping (garcinia atroviridis. You can substitute with 1 tsp tamarind paste)
2 cups vegetable oil
5 cups of water
2 cups coconut milk
Salt to taste
Method
Clean the chicken and drain. Rub chciken with tumeric powder and salt. Heat oil in a wok and fry chicken till lil bit brown or half cooked. Drain the excess oil and set aside.
Grind * ingredients in a food processor with a cup of water till the ingredients turn to smooth paste. Heat oil in a wok over medium heat and pour the grinded ingredients, cook till fragrant and lil bit brown. Add in tumeric powder, chili paste and cook for several minutes till fragrant.
Add in the fried chicken and mix them well. Add in the water, salt, asam keping, kerisik and cook for half an hour or till the water almost absorbed. Add in coconut milk and tumeric leaves, cook for another 20 minutes or till the gravy thicken (you have to stir accordingly to avoid the coconut milk become lumps)
Turn off the heat and serve with hot fragrance Jasmine rice.
Note : You all boleh guna minyak gorengan ayam tadi kalau tak nak membazir. :)
Ada sesetengah orang masuk terus ayam tanpa goreng separuh masak, but mine I lebih suka goreng sekejap. And ada juga sesetengah orang masak rendang taruk daun limau purut, pun boleh! Sebab I kadang-kadang pun masuk juga daun limau purut tu. Cuma kali ni I tak masukkan. Ia akan lebih wangi gitu. I juga suka tabur lebihan daun kunyit masa hidang sebab lebih aroma gitu!
I juga tak masukkan gula sebab rasanya dah cukup manis. Tak perlu gula pun.. hihi
Selamat mencuba!
Love,
Honey
