[CH] Mayam Assam

Amber ..???.. (karjah@hotmail.com)
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:05:16 +0000

hey all ,just thought i'd share this great malaysian recipe,you can beef up 
the chile as much as you want,this amount though keeps the flavours in 
there.
     curry paste
2 red onions(chopped)
2 stalks lemon grass(sliced)
4 small red chillies (i use vietnamese)seed and slice
4 cloves garlic -sliced
3x2 cm galangal sliced
8 kaffir lime leaves (roughly chopped)
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp shrimp paste

other ingredients
2 tbsp oil
around 800g chicken breasts (boneless,skinless,cut to bite size
400 ml coconut milk
3 tbsp tamarind puree (if you can't get it,it still tastes great without
1 tbsp fish sauce

place all curry paste ingr. in blender & process to thick paste

heat wok over high heat,add oil,swirl to coat.add curry paste & cook over 
low heat for around 10 minutes or until fragrant,add chicken &stirfry around 
3 min.
add coconut milk,tamarind puree & fish sauce,simmer -stir occasionally)
15 -20 min .serve with rice steamed bok choy and roti.




Amber



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