Curry Kapitan Chicken Recipe

      Ingredients
  • Chicken - 1 bird (about 1 kilograms)
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tablespoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Palm sugar - 3 teaspoons
  • Coconut milk - 200 ml
  • Kaffir leaves - 4 pieces
  • Lime juice - 3 tablespoons
  • Fried sliced shallots - 2 tablespoos
  • Mint leaves - 10 pieces
  • Water - 50 ml
  • Oil for deep-frying chicken

     Curry paste (Rempah) (To be ground or blended)

  • Cooking oil - 3 tablespoons
  • Garlic - 4 cloves
  • Fresh turmeric - 3 cm
  • Shallots - 250 grams
  • Prawn paste (belachan) 2 cm x 3 cm
  • Galangal - 1 cm
  • Candlenuts - 4 pieces
  • Lemongrass (chopped) - 3 stalks
  • Dried chilies (soaked in warm water for 10 minutes) - 10 pieces
  • Red chilies (seeded) - 4 pieces

     Method

  • Cut chicken into serving sizes then season with turmeric powder for 30 minutes.
  • Heat up oil in a deep sauce pan then deep-fried chicken for 3 minutes with medium heat until golden brown. Drain well and set aside.
  • Heat 3 tablespoons of cooking in a clean wok, add curry paste (rempah) in and sauté until fragrant.
  • Add water, coconut milk, palm sugar, kaffir leaves and chicken to cook over low heat for about 7 minutes.
  • Add lime juice, fried shallot and salt to taste, garnish with mint leaves and serve 4.

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