印尼白咖喱&咖喱香料饭 （Javanese White Curry ~Opor Ayam & Spice Curry Rice)

咖喱是家里很受欢迎的。

有一次印尼朋友为我们煮了这道Javanese curry ～Opor Ayam过后，我们就爱上它了。

孩子的钢琴老师送了我一大袋的香茅；回礼时，就选上了她也喜欢的这咖喱。

因为不辣，所以小朋友们都会吃。

其实这道咖喱应该是没有加马铃薯的，但是孩子喜欢所以加进去了。

朋友说，加入白煮蛋会更好吃；但是我更喜欢加入鹌鹑蛋。

烹饪没有所谓的对错，好坏。

随个人喜好作更改就可以了。

在煮的过程，朋友来电说炸了木薯虾饼给我。

天啊！这么热的天气尽然还为我炸这个我喜欢的虾饼，真的好感动。

有了虾饼，于是就豁出去，放弃原本煮白饭的念头。

做了个简易的香料咖喱饭。

啊！这就是我，永远走不出厨房；但是却非常的满足。

食谱参考Kuali - Opor Ayam (Coconut Gravy Chicken)

Ingredients: Opor Ayam

• 8 chicken drumstick, clean and set aside
• 4 tbsp oil
• 3 shallots, finely shredded
Ground ingredients:
• 2 cloves garlic
• 8 shallots
• 1cm piece fresh turmeric
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 4 candlenuts
• 1/2 tsp fennel
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 ½cm ginger
• 3cm galangal
• 1cm ginger
• 1 stalk lemon grass
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
(A)
• 2 stalk lemon grass, smashed
• 4cm cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 2 daun salam
• 250ml thick coconut milk
• 1litre or less water
• 1 tbsp tamarind juice
• 3 kaffir lime leaves
Seasoning
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp dark brown sugar or to taste

Method:

Combine ground ingredients with 1 tablespoon oil into a paste.
Marinate chicken with 1tsp of salt and set aside.
Heat oil in a saucepan and fry sliced shallots until golden brown and crispy. Drain shallot crisps from oil.
Heat remaining oil and fry ground ingredients until fragrant.
Add in chicken and continue frying until firm.
Add in water and (A). Stir until mixture starts to boil. Simmer for 20 minutes until sauce thickens. (If you wish to add in potatoes, you may add in 10mins after simmering).
Add thick coconut milk and tamarind juice. Continue to cook for a further 10 minutes. Halfway through cooking add kaffir lime leaves and seasoning to taste.
When meat is cooked and tender, dish out and serve with a garnishing of crisp fried shallots. (To add more flavour, I like to add in some coriander leaves as well).


Ingredients：(Spice Curry Rice)


• 3 cups Bhasmati rice - wash & soak for 10 mins
• 2 tbsp butter
• Mixed Spices - 3cm cinnamon stick, 1 star anise, 5 cloves
• 150ml Ayam Opor gravy (before adding coconut milk), 2tsp curry powder, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1tsp salt, 1 cube chicken stock

Method:

1. Heat up butter & stir-fry mixed spices until fragrant.
2. Add 2tbsp Opor gravy together with curry, turmeric & coriander powder in a small bowl and mix well. Add in remaining opor gravy and stir to combine.
3. Add (2) into (1) and enough of water into an electric rice cooker with rice and cook.
4. Serve rice with Javanese curry chicken.