Nasi Lemak Kukus Ayam Goreng Berempah

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone!

It's holiday today so I just wanted to have something special for breakfast, so I've decided to try 'Nasi Lemak Kukus Ayam Goreng Berempah'.. Its taste is awesome and marvellous! It's worth giving this recipe a try ;)

Lets check the recipe out!

Ingredients 

For Nasi Lemak 
(*Credit to Dinil Haq - Lecturer at Sandakan Polytechnic ;) )

2 cups of rice

1/2 box of small Ayam Brand coconut milk

5 red onions (thinly sliced)

1 inch of ginger (thinly sliced)

Salt (up to taste)

3 pandan leaves

For Ayam Goreng Berempah

6 chicken drumsticks

2 inch of 'lengkuas' *

2 inch of ginger *

1 inch of turmeric *

3 cloves of garlic *

3  lemongrass *

2 tbsp of of biji ketumbar #

1 tbsp of jintan manis #

1 tbsp of jintan putih #

2 tbsp of curry powder

1 tbsp of fine sugar

1 tsp of salt

Method (Nasi lemak kukus) :

1) Soak the rice for about 2 hours in clean water

2) Filter the rice. Add water and coconut milk until approximately half an inch from the rice surface

3) Add in all other ingredients and steam for about 30 minutes 

Method (Ayam goreng berempah) :

1) Coarsely grind all ingredients marked with * using mortar and pestle (lesung batu)

2) Finely grind all ingredients marked with # using mortar and pestle

3) Marinate the chicken with all ingredients. Leave it for about 30 minutes - 1 hour

4) Deep fry the chicken. Don't turn the chicken until the bottom part is well-cooked

Of course, it's best served with flaming hot chilli paste and fried anchovies :)

And this is your final outcome..!! Happy trying!!