GULAI AYAM KUNING

1 whole chicken - cut into bite size
10 stalks of lemongrass ( serai)- smashed
4 pcs of asam keping (Garcinia)
4 pcs potatoes - cut into quarters (forgot to take picture)
200ml packet coconut milk
3 cups water
1 daun kunyit

To blend or pounded finely:
1 pc onion
 10 pcs shallots
 1 inches ginger
 1 inches fresh tumeric or 2tsp tumeric powder (here I use powder)
  5-15pcs bird eye chillis

Method:

1. In a sauce pot add in the water, coconut milk, lemongrass, asam keping, daun kunyit and the blended paste,  bring to boil.

2. Add in the chicken and potatoes, cook until tender. Serve.

SOYA SAUCE CHICKEN (LO KAI in cantonese)

Recipe: 10 pcs chicken drumsticks and wings marinate with
3/4 cup soya sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
2 - 3 tsp Chinese five spice powder (if you don't have subtitute with cinnamon powder/mix spice/garam masala)
pepper

Note: if using 1 whole chicken, please do not cut into small pieces just leave its as it is and marinate with the above ingredients at least 2 hours as the longer the better. Can substitute with pork belly 1 inches thick strips.

In a wok add in 1 cup oil to fry (browning only) the chicken for few minutes in batches, removed put aside.

2.  After frying the chicken removed the oil with remainder 2 tbps oil in wok, add in few garlic pips, 2 pcs star anise and cinnamon barks to stir fry for a while.

3. Add in 1 to 2 bowls of water plus the remaining marinated sauce.

4. Add in the fried chicken pieces to simmer, season with salt, pepper and some sugar to taste.Simmer chicken to cooked and the sauce reduce to your preference.

Serve with rice, slices of cucumber, coriander and homemade chilli sauce.

Chilli sauce to blend and cook for few minutes :
 6 pcs fresh chilli
6 pcs bird eyes chilli
3 pips of garlic
salt, vinegar and sugar to taste

Ayam Masak Utara.

1. Marinate chicken with salt, pepper, 1 tbsp cornflour and a bit of tumeric powder for at least 1/2 hour.Then deep fry for browning not cooked. Here I using 1 whole chicken.

20 shallots

15pcs soaked dried chillies or chili Boh

1 thin slice of galangal (if not available can be omitted)

1/2 cup of oil

2. Blend the above ingredients into fine paste, pour into wok with low heat on to fry the paste until aromatic or the oil floated on the surface.

3. Add the fried chicken, 1 pc Tumeric leaf (if you have)and stir for a while.

4. Add 1 packet coconut milk (250ml) and 1 tsp sugar and stirring constantly to avoid burning.Taste and season with salt and chicken granules if you prefer.

5.Continue cooking until the gravy thicken.

 

Serve with white rice/butter rice/coconut rice with fried egg and cucumber pineapple salad.

Christmas Roast Turkey

Yesterday is Christmas day although we are not Christian but we do enjoyed having a family dinner together with roast turkey, pumpkin soup, potatoes sausages salad and butter rice. This year I manage to get a small turkey (5kg) at the lowest price rm19.90perkg in Giant hypermarket where as others supermarts selling between rm22.90 to rm28.00 perkg.
The only thing that not properly done is my table and serving platters as all my things are still packed in boxes with no intention to unpack until we get to have our own house. Nevertheless we have a wonderful dinner, my sons taking pictures to put into facebook and I taking pictures for this blog as you noticed it been a while I did not update it.

Roast turkey
1 whole turkey - thawed and pat dry
2 tbsp Sage - chopped finely
Salt (2-3tbsp) and pepper                                      } mix all together
A few tablespoon of olive oil

A few twig of fresh Rosemary - cut into 3" lenght
A few slices of streaky bacon

Sauce
1.5 liter chicken stock
3 tbsp flour

1.Rub the turkey inside out with the mixture. Under the skin also rub with the mixture and stuff in the Rosemary twigs and the streaky bacon.
2. Wrap the seasoned turkey in aluminium foil and placed onto a baking tray. Keep in the fridge to marinate at least 24 hours until bake time,
3.Calculate the turkey weight for roasting 40minutes perkg. My turkey is 5kg x 40min= 3hours 30 minutes .
4. Bake at 180 C for 3 hours and removed the alunimium foil to continue baking for browning the turkey. Please keep an eyes on the turkey so is not burn.
5. When cooked, lift the turkey from tray, skim the surface fats from the roasting tray, add some chicken stock (or water) and flour.
6. Place the roasting pan onto a stove and bring to boil. Season the sauce if needed. Serve turkey with gravy.

Potatoes Sausages Salad
1 packet (800gm) potatoes - wash and boil in a sauce pot with lightly salted water until tender but not too
                                             soft. Cut into wedges, put aside.
15 pcs chicken/pork mini sausages
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup water
salt and black pepper to season.

1. Place butter, olive oil, water and sausages in a pan onto a stove with high heat. Cook until the water evaporated turn heat to low and with remaining oil stir fry to brown the sausages then add in the cooked potatoes wedges. Mix thoroughly, season with salt and pepper. Serve.