Saturday, July 26, 2008

My mama's curry

George and Peter came over to "entertain" my papa. So, in order to reward them I asked my mama to cook her specialty - My mama's curry. :)

I am not going to list all of the ingredients because I am not sure myself how much you need actually. Err..just adjust it to taste and I think I have missed out some steps too. I was on the phone. >_<

Anyway, before I begin I would like to introduce a very important plant for this dish. :)

Ta la~~

"MY MAMA'S CURRY"

Some may have recognized, hey? My mama planted this at the backyard. :) Kewl hey? (Maybe not?) haaa....I am trying to be entertaining. :p


Prepare some chicken and then marinated with sambal (don't ask me the brand name. My mama brought it from Miri without the pack brand name. She must have got it from local market place) And then she plucked some of the curry leaf from our backyard and add on to the marinated chicken to add more curry "flavour". (My mama says)

Stir fried the peeled potatoes before added them into the curry. This is to prevent the potatoes from dissolving in the curry. 

Then we need to soak this..err..what do you call it? It is called "fu juk" in Mandarin. I am not sure what to call it in English. O_o It is made out of tofu. it is dried when you buy off the shelf from supermarket.
Anyway, it needs to be soaked till soft before cooking it.

While preparing for the marinated chicken and "fu juk", the other person could start cooking the curry paste that you get from Miri indian stall. Add some garlic and seasoning. Be careful because this could be messy with the sauce splashes everywhere! Oh and keep stirring the paste.
Then, add half a can of coconut milk.

After 5 min, add the marinated chicken and curry leaf to the wok and stir fried them with the curry paste. Keep stirring the chicken making sure that the paste are on them evenly. Then add the remaining half a can of coconut milk. 


Bring the curry to boil, and add on the potatoes. Keep stirring the mix for another 10 min. 

Then, transfer the dish into a pot. Oh! The "fu juk" needs to be placed beneath the pot before placing the curry on top. 

Cook the pot and bring to boil and turn to low heat and simmer for about 5-10min. (Must keep stirring in the process) 

Season to suit and ready to be served.

And voila! A pot of "my mama's curry". It keeps us all warm for the winter!
*smile*


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