Friday, April 1, 2011

Authentic Sourish Nyonya Style Chicken with Turmeric (Kunyit) Recipe


I would normally cook the usual curry chicken most of the time,  but last week, I decided to try out something different. It has been quite some time ago since I last cooked this dish. Luckilly I can still remember the recipe!
My kids love this sourish Nyonya Style Chicken with Turmeric. Actually I also love sourish food! "Like father like kids!" LOL!

Ingredients
Chicken, 1/2 bird, cut into small pieces
Turmeric, 2 teaspoons
Chilli paste, 2 teaspoons
Tamarind paste, 1 tablespoon, soak in water to extract the juice
Galangal 1/2", Serai (lemongrass) x2, shallots x3, blended
Potato, 2 pcs, cut into four
Cardamon (buah pelaga), 5 pcs
Kaffir lime leaves (daun limau purut), 5 pcs, cut into strips
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste

Heat up wok and put in around 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Saute galangal, serai and shallot mixture until fragrant. Add turmeric, cardamon, kaffir lime leaves and chilly paste. Fry for a short while. Add a little water and put in the potato. Bring to a boil until the potato turned soft. Add in the chicken and fry until the meat is cooked. Add  tamarind juice, salt and a little sugar to taste. Serve with steamed rice!

17 comments:

Aunty Liew said...

Yummy!Like this dish! Wish you Happy April Fool!

Small Kucing said...

yummm.....hungry jor..

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Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

my kid sure call for tambah rice if i cook this, they just love curry!

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

my kid sure call for tambah rice if i cook this, they just love curry!

Yannie said...

Pete, my whole family love soup. Seldom you blog about soup, I am sure you plenty of the soup resipes

Anonymous said...

wow my fave, curry, sourish, extra spicy...yum yum...lapar ooiii :)

Somewhere in Singapore said...

yummy yummy!!!

mNhL said...

Seldom hear man likes sourish food.

suituapui said...

Nyonya? Ooooo....looking forward to my nyonya dinner tonight - 1st night in Penang!

Reanaclaire said...

Curry chicken... for the last few days I have been eating that in Malacca.. :)

Jeannie said...

I am craving for some curry but too lazy to cook! Must go and get some homemade curry paste from that nice indian lady at the market tomorrow! Your curry chicken looks so appetising!

Alice Law said...

I love the dish too, but if I wanted to try this out there will be bundle of ingredients I need to buy(almost all u mentioned I don't hv) then after finished cooking this dish, will definitely scratch head over the extra ingredient...

Christine said...

yum yum!

Valar Siva said...

Delicious!! Love to have with Roti's...

valar
http://valarskitchen-basics.blogspot.com/

lena said...

when your kids grow up, i'm sure they will be great cooks too. This looks good and i bet this version must be aromatic too with the galangal and he kaffir leaves!

xin said...

would love to try this too! but hmmm some ingredients eg pelaga i need to google to find out what they are :S

Caroline said...

Uncle Pete, when can i try this?? *wink wink* :p