Opor Ayam

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, quartered
2 red onions
5 cloves garlic
5cm ginger
2 stalks lemongrass
5 candlenuts
1 cup cooking oil
5 cloves
5 cardamoms
125g kurma powder
100g briyani powder
250g kerisik (toasted, pounded grated coconut)
400ml coconut milk
sugar and salt to taste

Method:

1. In a pan, fry chicken until half cooked. Set aside.
2. Grind onions, garlic, ginger, lemongrass and candlenuts.
3. In a large pan, add oil and fry ground ingredients until aromatic. Add cloves and cardamom and fry for a short while. Add kurma powder, briyani powder and kerisik and stir well to combine.
4. After 5 minutes, add coconut milk and salt and sugar to taste and stir well to combine.
5. Then put chicken in and leave to simmer on low heat for another 20 to 30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.