Chicken with Spicy Creamy Coconut Milk / Ayam Masak Lemak Cili Padi

Fancy something spicy, authentic Asian food? This menu is one of my favourite Malay dishes. Unlike curry, it doesn't require spices like cinnamon, star anise etc, so it is quite easy to prepare. Just make sure you have enough turmeric, onions, lemongrass and coconut milk.
I made extra effort to translate the recipe to Malay language (in Red italic font), in case someone needs it.

Resepi dalam Bahasa Melayu ditulis menggunakan warna Merah, font Italic.

Ingredients : Serves for 4 people

500g chicken parts                                                
200ml thick coconut milk                           
2 yellow onions                                                       
4 cloves of garlic                                               
1 inch ginger                                                                     
2 lemongrass                                                                              
10 finger chilies (add extra for more spicy dish)        
10 baby potatoes                                      
1 tablespoon of turmeric powder @ 1 inch of fresh turmeric
Salt (enough for seasoning)                                                
1 cup of water      
1/3 cup of cooking oil                                                             

Methods/ : 
1. Clean the chicken parts. Cut into smaller sizes if you like.
2. Blend onions, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, finger chilies, turmeric and half cup of water until smooth.
3. Pour the cooking oil into the pot and allow it to become hot before pouring the whole blended ingredients into the pot. Cook it until it becomes slightly drier and you can see the oil bubbling.
4. Add chickens and potatoes (cut into about an inch size) and mix them well.
5. Pour in the coconut milk and half cup of water and then reduce the temperature to allow slow cooking.
6. Let it simmer until the chickens are properly cooked and the potatoes are soft. Keep stirring once awhile. Add salt to season.


 Bahan-bahan:

500g ketul ayam (mana-mana bahagian)
200ml santan pekat
2 labu bawang besar 
4 ulas bawang putih 
1 inci halia 
2 batang serai    
10 cili padi (tambah lagi kalau nak pedas)
10 ketul ubi kentang kecil
1 sb serbuk kunyit @1 inci kunyit hidup
Garam secukupnya
1 cawan air 
1/3 cawan minyak masak


Cara-cara:
1. Bersihkan ayam. Potong kecil jika suka.
2. Kisar halus bawang besar, bawang putih, halia, kunyit, serai dan setengah cawan air.
3. Panaskan minyak masak dalam periuk dan tumis bahan yang telah dikisar sehingga pecah minyak dan bahan tumis sedikit kering.
4. Masukkan ayam dan kentang.
5. Masukkan santan dan lebihan air tadi. Kacau rata dan kurang suhu (kecilkan api) dan masak perlahan.
6. Biarkan mendidih sehingga ayam masak dan kentang menjadi lembut. Sekali sekala, kacau kuah santan. Tambahkan garam secukupnya sebagai perasa.


There you go! Chicken with Spicy, Creamy Coconut Milk for meal. This dish is suitable to be served with plain rice or naan bread.