Chicken tomato spicy gravy (malay wedding special dish)

Ingredients

Chicken 750 gms

Onion 2

Garlic 6-7 pods

Ginger 1 inch

Tomato ripen 2

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder ½ tsp

Cinnamon 2 stick

Cloves 2

Cardamom 2

Coconut milk (thick) 2 cup

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      Rub the cleaned chicken pieces with turmeric powder and salt. Deep fry in oil and keep aside

2.      Grind tomato into paste and keep aside

3.      Grind onion,garlic and ginger into paste

4.      In a pan add oil, cinamon, cardamom , cloves and onion paste. Saute well

5.      Add dry red chilli paste and saute till raw smell goes off

6.      Add tomato paste and saute well

7.      Add coconut milk and bring it to boil once

8.      Simmer it and add fried chicken

9.      Cook in medium flame till gravy thickens

10.  Finally Adjust salt and add coriander leaves

Goes well with malaysian savoury rice

Malay wedding combo :Savoury rice and ayam masak merah

Savoury rice

Cinnamon 1

Cloves 2

Onion 1

Garlic 2 pods

Basmati rice 1 cup( soak in water for 20 min)

Water 1 ½ cup

In a pressure pan add olive oil,cinnamon,cloves,garlic chopped, onion sliced,rice,salt and water.

Pressure cook till done

Sambal fried noodles

Ingredients

Noodles pack 2

Shallots 5

Garlic 5

Capsicum 1 thinly sliced

Cabbage grated 1 cup

Anchovies (dried)cleaned 15

Egg 1

Soy sauce 1 tsp

Tomato sauce 1 tsp

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      Add salt,a tsp of oil to 4 cups of boiling water and add noodles

2.      Turn off the flame and close the lid for 10 min

3.      Drain the water and rinse the noodles in running water

4.      Drain and keep aside

5.      Beat egg with salt

6.      In a pan pour the egg mixture and allow to cook

7.      Once done cut it into thin slices. Keep aside

8.      Hand pound shallots and garlic coarsely

9.      In a pan add oil,pounded shallot-garlic and anchovies.saute well

10.  Add capsicum,cabbage and salt.saute well

11.  Add cooked noodles,chilli paste,soy sauce and tomato sauce.toss well

12.  Add egg and toss once

Serve hot

Quail eggs and anchovies sambal

Ingredients

Boiled and deshelled Quail eggs 24

Anchovies 25

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp

Soy sauce 1 tsp

Oil ¼ cup

Salt as required

Preparation

1.      In a pan add ¾ of oil given above and fry the biled eggs and anchovies till golden brown. Keep aside

2.      Grind onion and tomato together into paste

3.      In the remaining oil add onion tomato paste and salt

4.      Saute till water dries up

5.      Add dry chilli paste and 4 tbsp of water

6.      Once it starts boiling add fried anchovies, fried eggs and soy sauce

7.      Cook till eggs coats well with sambal

Serve with any rice or even plain rice

Here I served with tomato rice and it tastes good too

Dried Anchovies sambal (Malaysian style)

Ingredients

Dried Anchovies 250 gms

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp (soak 15-20 dry red chilli in hot water for 10 minutes. Drain water and remove the seeds. Grind to smooth paste)

Tamarind paste 1 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      Grind onion and tomato coarsely

2.      In a pan add oil, ground paste and salt. Saute well

3.      Add chilli paste and saute well

4.      Cook till oil oozes out

5.      Add anchovies and ¼ cup of water

6.      Allow it to cook

7.      Once the water dries up add tamarind paste and allow it to boil once

Serve with rice and boiled egg

Malaysian chicken gravy(sambal ayam)

Ingredients

Chicken 500 gms

Onion chopped 1

Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

Cinnamon 1 inch

Cloves 3

Bay leaf 1

Fennel seeds 1 tsp

Thai Red chilli paste 3 tbsp

Tomato chopped 1

Oil and salt as required

Preparation

1.      In a pan add oil, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf

2.      Add onion and saute well

3.      Add chicken and ginger garlic paste. Saute well

4.      Once chicken starts oozing out water add salt and cook in low flame

5.      Once the chicken is done and water dries up well, add chilli paste and tomato

6.      Saute till raw smell goes off

7.      Adjust salt

Serve with flavoured rice or briyani

Malaysian chicken rice (nasi ayam)

Ingredients

Basmati rice 2 cups

Chicken stock 3 cups

Olive oil 2 tbsp

Ginger 1 inch

Salt as required

Preparation

1.      Soak rice in water for 20 min

2.      Strain water

3.      In a pressure cooker add oil and rice

4.      Saute well till rice appears glossy

5.      Add ginger piece, salt and chicken stock to it

6.      Close the lid

7.      Once air starts coming out, put the whistle

8.      Cook in low flame for 10 minutes

Serve with chicken curry of your choice

I have served here with  http://amritaskitchen.blogspot.in/2012/02/malaysian-style-chicken-curry.html  and http://amritaskitchen.blogspot.in/2012/07/malaysian-ketchup-chickenchicken-in-soy.html

Malaysian ketchup chicken(Chicken in soy sauce)

Ingredients

Chicken 1 kg

Onion chopped 1

Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp

Fennel seeds ½ tsp

Bay leaf 1

Cinnamon 1

Dry red chilli 4

Soy sauce 5 tbsp

Chilli tomato sauce 1 tbsp

Pepper powder 1 tbsp

Preparation

1.      In a pan add oil, fennel seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon and dry red chilli

2.      Add chicken and saute well

3.      Add ginger garlic paste and allow to cook

4.      Add salt

5.      Once done add soy sauce, chilli tomato sauce, pepper powder and onion

6.      Allow to cook till it dries up

Serve with yellow rice

Mackerel fish sambal(malaysian style)

Ingredients

Canned mackerel 200 gm ( mackerel in tomato sauce)

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Green chilli 1

Chilli powder  tsp

Tamarind extract 1 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      In a pan add oil and onion. Saute well

2.      Add tomato and slit green chilli saute well

3.      Add chilli powder and salt

4.      Add tamarind extract and bring it to boil

5.      Add mackerel along with tomato sauce in it

6.      Smash the fish and cook for 5-7 minutes

7.      Cook till gravy thickens

Serve with rice, roti or parathas

Squid sambal (Malaysian sambal)

Ingredients

Squid 400 gms

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp (soak 15-20 dry red chilli in hot water for 10 minutes. Drain water and remove the seeds. Grind to smooth paste)

Tamarind paste 1 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      Grind onion and tomato coarsely

2.      In a pan add oil, ground paste and salt. Saute well

3.      Add chilli paste and saute well

4.      Cook till oil oozes out

5.      Add squid and sauté well

6.      Allow it to cook

7.      Once the water dries up add tamarind paste and allow it to boil once

Serve with rice

Goes well with rotis too

Stir fried noodles( malaysian style)

Ingredients

Egg noodles 200 gm

Onion 1 chopped

Anchovy dried 2 tbsp ( soak in water)

Soya sauce 2 tbsp

Sweet chilli sauce 4 tbsp

Small onion 5

Garlic 7

Coriander chopped 2 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      In a pan add 4 cups of water, a tsp of oil and a little salt. Bring it to boil

2.      Add noodles and allow it to cook for 10 minutes

3.      Turn off the flame and drain the water

4.      Rinse it of in running water and keep aside

5.      Hand pound small onion and garlic coarsely

6.      Ina pan add oil, chopped onion, pound paste and little salt. Saute well

7.      Add anchovy and fry it well

8.      Add soya sauce, sweet chilli sauce and noodles to it. Toss well

9.      Adjust salt

10.  Add chopped coriander and toss once

Serve hot