Kari Ayam (Malaysian chicken curry)

AUTHOR
Billie Wagner
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 3 Sticks of lemongrass
  • 3 Onions
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 1 piece(s) (approx. 40 g) Ginger
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil Öl
  • 2 Star Anise
  • 3 Cinnamon sticks
  • 5 Cardamom Capsules
  • 10 Curry leaves (Asian shop)
  • 0?a  Chicken broth
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Curry Powder
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS extra hot chili powder
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 6 (approx. 1 kg) Chicken filets
  • 40 g Butter
  • 3-4 Tsp Roasted onions
  • 200 g Jasmine rice
  • 250 ml unsweetened coconut milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt

Directions

  1. 1

    For the curry, remove the outer leaves from the lemon grass. Wash the stalks and flatten them slightly with the back of a knife. Peel onions, garlic and ginger, chop coarsely and puree to a paste with a hand blender. Fry the paste in hot oil in a large pot at medium heat for about 1 minute, stirring continuously. Stir in star anise, cinnamon sticks, cardamom and curry leaves, continue frying for about 1 minute. Add the stock. Add curry and chili powder, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper and lemongrass and bring to the boil

  2. 2

    2 . Wash the chicken fillets, dab dry and cut each fillet into 4 pieces. Add to the curry with the butter. Bring everything to the boil again and simmer without lid at low heat for about 20 minutes until the curry is creamy

  3. 3

    For the coconut rice, wash the rice thoroughly in a large pot until the water remains clear. Pour off all the water. Add coconut milk, 150 ml water and 1 teaspoon salt to the rice. Bring to the boil over high heat, then cook over low heat according to the instructions on the packet

  4. 4

    Loosen up the finished rice with a fork. Sprinkle Kari Ayam with fried onions and serve with coconut rice

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
760 kcal
CARBS
53 g
FATS
31 g
PROTEINS
61 g