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Sunday 3 September 2017

ROAST CHICKEN CHILI LEMON-BASIL BALINESE STYLE


AYAM PELALAH BALINESE STYLE Shredded Chicken Salad Balinese Style
For: 6 portions




Ingredients:
1 ea Chicken (1.5 kg), cut in half
20 g Garlic, roughly chopped
60 g Vegetable oil
1 stalk Lemon grass, white part only, roughly chopped

15 ml Bali lime juice
50 g Lemon basil / Kemangi leaf
30 g Red chili, sliced
12 g Kaffir lime, shredded/fine sliced

Shrimp Paste Sambal, mix all together:
5 pcs shallots, thinly sliced, fried
5 pcs red chilli, finely sliced, fried
1 pc tomatoes
1 teaspoon shrimp paste fried
1-2 pcs kaffir lime juice

Method:
In a food processor, puree to a rough paste: garlic, oil and lemon grass. 
Brush the chicken inside out with the paste. Season with salt & pepper.   
Cook in hot oven for approximately 30 – 45 minutes or until chicken is done.  
Brush again to get the outer color little browning.
And then shred. 
Mix with shrimp paste sambal, lime juice, kemangi leaf and kaffir lime leaf.  
 Season with salt and pepper to taste.  
Serve with blanch "kenikir" or spinach.  

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TEMPE MENDOAN


Is thinly sliced tempeh, dip into batter and quick fry in hot oil. Originated found around Purwokerto and Banyumas, town in the Middle of Java.  But nowadays you may find tempe mendoan almost in every part of Java. Eaten as a snack, or as side dish.
Tempe mendoan may seem like half-cooked, soft-fried tempeh and yellowish pale look.  Unlike common crisp tempeh that dip into batter and then fully deep-fried until golden colour. The main method of medoan is "to cook instantly in very hot oil", that results in product cooked on the outside, but half cooked in the inside, and has soft texture.
Served warm with spicy sweet soy sauce.

Ingredients:
10 thinly sliced of Tempeh

Spices, pounded:
2 cloves garlic
¾ tsp coriander
1 cm lesser galangal
Salt

Mix above spices with:
250 g flour
1 tbsp rice flour
2 stalks of spring onion
1 whole egg beaten
400 ml of light coconut milk (may substitute with water)
or 200 ml of chicken stock + 200 ml of light coconut milk
Oil for quick frying

Method:
One by one dip sliced tempe into mix batter and quick fry into hot oil that prepared before, until half dry.  Remove and drain and ready to serve as side dish or to accompany tea or coffee.

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