Fragrant fried chicken with lemongrass & spices

Happy April Fools’ Day !!

Today, my daughter made a fool of me by pretending she wants to discontinue her piano class. I was angry and told her that how much money I have spent on the piano bought for her, bla bla….And then she laughed at me said “ Mom, Happy April Fool’s Day “ , sigh, I was fooled by her, hahaha…

Come back to the dish that I want to share with you today, I always like Mamak style (Indian Muslims ) of fried chicken, recently I found a really good and yummy recipe, and this fried chicken is well received by my family. This recipe is really good, I’m not fooling you wor, hahaha..

-Curry leaves, cumin seed, aniseed and coriander seed

-Half-way through the deep frying, add in some curry leaves.




-Simply yummy!

Recipe adapted from Love2Cook, and I made little changes on the recipe. Thanks to Love2Cook for this wonderful recipe.

Fragrant fried chicken with lemongrass & spices

(printable recipe)

1kg chicken meat, cut into medium-size pieces

Use a mortar and pestle to pound the spices to a coarse paste:-
1tsp of Cumin seed (Jintan putih)
1tsp of Aniseed (Jintan manis)
1tsp of Coriander seed (ketumbar)

1 and 1/2tbsp chilli paste
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp tapioca flour / corn flour
1 and ½ tsp salt

Use a blender/food processor to blend to a paste:-
4 cloves of garlic
5 shallots
1” ginger
4 stalks of lemongrass
2-3tbsp of water

4 sprig of curry leaves

1. Marinate chicken pieces with all ingredients except Curry leaves for 1 hour or more.
2. Heat oil in a wok, put marinated chicken into hot oil piece by piece, deep fry till golden brown.
3. Half-way through the deep frying, add in some curry leaves.
4. Once done, use a strainer to drain excess oil.
5. Serve hot.

Happy Cooking !!