Friday, November 27, 2015

Ayam kalio - Chicken with spicy coconut Gravy


 Chicken Kalio " spicy chicken "  slow cooking process with coconut Gravy and many spices. this cuisine is originally from west sumatra ( padang, indonesia ). it's rich flavor and unique curry chicken flavor. it's one of my favorite dish among other indonesian foods. the unique aromatic from the kaffir lime leaves & lemon grass what make you want to eat more and more this chicken kalio. 




Ingredients:
* 1 whole medium chicken ( cut in 4 sizes ), 2 small yellow onion, 4 gloves garlic, 2 cm ginger root, 1 cm galanga, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 3 candle nuts, 3 star anise, 2 long red chilies, 5 small chilies, 4 kaffir lime leaves, 3 bay leaves, 1 lemon grass, salt/pepper, 1 can a good coconut milk 

Process:
1-  wash chicken well and set a side
2- in blender, put onion, garlic, ginger, galanga, turmeric, candle nut, chilies in blender until turned paste.
3- in cooking pan, put some oil and pour the onion paste. let sauce cook until aromatic. add star anise, kaffir leaves, bay leaves, lemon grass, salt/peper. cook and stir for 2 minutes. 
4- add the chicken and stir about 5 minutes until the chicken absorb the flavor from the sauce  
5- last, add the coconut milk to the chicken. cover and let shimmer. time after time you need to stir the coconut milk & chicken. cook around 30 to 40 minutes in low flame. 

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