Recipe Chicken lemongrass

I would prefer to use fresh herb in my cooking. This is because the fresh herb will bring about the fragrance to the food, the processed sauces, although easy to use, it would have loss the natural oils and flavor in its drying process.

Ingredient:

1. 1 chicken, cleaned and cut to the right sizes

2. Blend these ingredients:

. 6 cm galangal

. 6 cm ginger

. 8 cloves garlic

. 12 shallots

. 2 cm turmeric

. 8 red chillies

. 4 candlenuts

. 1 teas spoon of black peppercorns

3. Other Ingredients

. 4 stalks of lemongrass

. 3 pieces of tamarind slices

. 3 cm of palm sugar

. salt

. 1 table spoon cooking oil

. 1 stick of cinnamon

. 3 cardamoms

. 3 cloves

. 1 star anise

. 3 cups of freshly squeezed coconut milk

THE PROCESS

Heat up the cooking oil in a pan. Add the dried spices and saute until you get the aroma. Add the lemongrass and tamarind slices. before pouring the blended items.

Season it with salt and cook until the oils surfaces to the top. Add the chicken and stir it until the chicken change color and become opaque.

Add the coconut milk and simmer until the chicken is cooked and the gravy thicken to your requirement. Serve it with hot rice.