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PALM SUGAR CHAR GRILLED CHICKEN ROAST

PALM SUGAR CHAR GRILLED CHICKEN ROAST INGREDIENTS  • 20 g (4cm piece) ginger, coarsely grated • 10 g (2cm piece) galangal, coarsely grated • 4 garlic cloves • 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, thinly sliced • 2 coriander roots, coarsely chopped • 55 g (¼ cup) light palm sugar, coarsely chopped (see note) • 250 ml (1 cup) light soy sauce • 1 chicken (about 1.6kg), butterflied, backbone removed • for brushing: vegetable oil Roast chilli dressing • 2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes • 2 teaspoon finely grated galangal • 1 garlic clove • 2 tablespoon coarsely grated light palm sugar • 1 tablespoon ground roast rice • 80 ml (1/3 cup) fish sauce • 2 red shallots, thinly sliced • juice of 2 limes, or to taste METHOD Main ⚫Pound ginger, galangal, garlic, lemongrass and coriander root to a paste in a mortar and pestle, add sugar, pound to combine.  ⚫Transfer to a bowl, add soy sauce and chicken, turn to coat, cover, refrigerate to marinate (2-3 hours). ⚫Strain ma...

Wajik - Sticky Rice in Palm Sugar and Pandan Leaves

Wajik - Sticky Rice in Palm Sugar and Pandan Leaves 4 Ingredients: ●white sticky rice (white glutinous rice) ●palm sugar ●coconut milk ●fresh/frozen pandan leaves A steamer and how to properly steam sticky rice 🍚To make wajik, you will need a steamer to steam the white sticky rice. You can use a bamboo steamer, a stainless steel steamer, or even the steamer basket that comes with your rice cooker if it is large enough to hold the rice. Regardless of choice, here are my tips for successfully steaming sticky rice: 🍚Make sure there is enough water in the bottom pot for around one hour of steaming. I would suggest about 2” of water in the bottom pot. 🍚Make sure that the water is already boiling and there are plenty of steam visible before steaming the sticky rice. 🍚Just to be safe, line your steamer basket with either a clean kitchen towel, or a parchment paper riddled with tiny holes (smaller than the size of sticky rice) before you add the sticky rice.  🍚You don’t wa...

Bread Halwa Recipe for Toddlers

Bread Halwa Recipe for Toddlers Ingredients: ⚫Whole wheat Bread  – 4 ⚫Milk – 1 cup ⚫Palm Sugar/ Brown Sugar – 1/2 cup ⚫Homemade Ghee – 4 tbsp ⚫Cardamom powder – 1/8 tsp ⚫Cashews – 5 ⚫Raisins – 1 tbsp METHOD: 🍞Keep all the ingredients ready. Cut the bread into cubes. 🍞Heat a thick bottomed pan with 2 tbsp of ghee and add cashews and raisins, fry them until golden brown. Remove from the pan once done. Then add bread cubes. 🍞Toast the bread cubes for 5 minutes or until crisp and golden brown in color. Add milk slowly. 🍞When all the milk is added, cook it on a low-medium flame for 10-12 minutes or until the bread is mashed and soft. Give a stir occasionally. 🍞Once the milk is almost completely absorbed, add brown sugar and cardamom. Mix well. After adding sugar, the mixture will release a little liquid but will thicken with time.  🍞Cook it further until all the milk is absorbed. Keep stirring in between and add the remaining ghee slowly. 🍞When the halwa forms a ...