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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:
Method of Cooking:
- 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:
- 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.
- Deep fry the tofu until a little bit brown, and fry the chicken until half cooked.
- Heat the oil in a sauce pan, add the grounded spice paste and stir it until aromatic.
- Add water, lemongrass, galangal, brown sugar and lime leaves then stir it slowly.
- Add tofu, chicken and the hard boiled egg, wait until boiled.
- Add coconut sauce, stir it again and wait until cooked.
Ulek-ulek |
Fried Tofu, Boiled Egg and Chicken |
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