Lekker... Opor Ayam (Braised Chicken in Coconut milk)

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Yesterday I was so busy, but I still had time to make Opor Ayam (Braised Chicken with Coconut milk). This food is also a popular dish for lebaran or Ed ul Fitr. It contains not only chicken and coconut milk, but also galangal, lemongrass and lime leaves.

I will give some information about galangal, lemongrass and lime leaves. 

Galangal has a distinct flavor that combines bitter, sour, and spicy together. Galangal reduces the fish smell in food. For more information please click here. 

Lemongrass has a citrus flavor. Lemongrass is used in Indonesian, Malaysian, Vietnamese and Thai cuisine. It can be found fresh, frozen, dried or grounded into a powder. 

Lime leaves are thick, dark green, shinny on the top, porous and pale on the back. A leaf has two connecting leaves which I call ‘double leaves’. The leaves  are very aromatic and can be consumed if cooked or very thinly sliced.

Let's start cooking

Opor Ayam (Braised Chicken in Coconut Milk) 
Serves 4 portions  

 

Opor Ayam

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg chicken cut into 4 pieces
• 4 egg, hard boiled
• 1 block of tofu cut into 6 pieces
• 100 ml thick coconut milk 
• 200 ml water
• 2 lemongrass
• 2 cm galangal
• 4 lime leaves
• 10 g brown sugar
• sugar and salt to taste
• 2 tbs oil to stir fry

Spice Paste:

• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 5 candlenuts
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 2 cloves garlic
• 4 shallots
• 1 cm ginger
• salt to taste 

Your Ingredients

Method of Cooking:

1. Blend the spice paste ingredients with a food processor until it become paste. You can also use the traditional method. It's called ulek-ulek in Indonesian. 





Ulek-ulek



2. Deep fry the tofu until a little bit brown, and fry the chicken until half cooked.





Fried Tofu, Boiled Egg and Chicken



3. Heat the oil in a sauce pan, add the grounded spice paste and stir it until aromatic. 
4. Add water, lemongrass, galangal, brown sugar and lime leaves then stir it slowly.
5. Add tofu, chicken and the hard boiled egg, wait until boiled. 
6. Add coconut sauce, stir it again and wait until cooked.