Steamed Chicken with CEKUR dipping sauce

 To serve  4-5:

Free-range Chicken (about 1.5 kg) 

Preparing the chicken

• Prepare the steamer. Boil the water.
• Blanch the chopped chicken (in the same water to be use for steaming - convenient). This cleans off the scum.
• Marinate the chicken with the ginger sauce and corn flour for 2 hours.  
• Dish out the chicken into the steaming tray. Ensure it is spread out in one layer.
• Steam for 15 minutes in boiling water.
• Pour into plate, garnish with coriander leaf or chopped spring onions. Sprinkle some white pepper. Serve.

Preparation for the Cekur Dipping Sauce

• 50g chopped cekur roots
• 2 small green chili, sliced
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1/2 tsp salt or taste
• 1/2 tsp sugar or taste

Method

Heat oil in a saucepan, add in chopped cekur and garlic, sauté till aroma. Add in water, bring to boil. Add in all seasonings, and continue to simmer till slightly thicken. Serve.

Notes:

Cekur is one type of local ginger, widely use in Malay cooking,  you can read more here.

Starfruit reed sambal

Ingredients
200 grams of starfruit reed (choose ripe)
1 tablespoon salt
4 red onions
2 cloves of garlic
10 pieces of curly red chili
1 tsp shrimp paste cooked
1 tsp salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar, sliced
3 tablespoons oil for frying
100 ml thick coconut milk

Method:-

1. Sliced ​​starfruit reed, and squeeze with 1 teaspoon salt until juicy. Take fruit, water should be removed.

2. Finely mashed onion, garlic, red chilli curls, shrimp, salt, and sugar. Pounding starfruit reed. Pounding rough.

3. Heat the oil. Saute all ingredients until fragrant. Add coconut milk, and cook until the sauce greasy. And can be served.

4. More delicious eaten with hot rice and salads.

Appetizer - Ulam Daun Kadok

Ingredients:

A
2 shallots
1 stalk lemon grass
1 inch fresh ginger
½ inch galangal
a knob of dried prawn paste
1 tbsp dried shrimps
1 tbsp toasted shredded coconut
2 tbsp roasted peanuts

B
1 cup palm sugar
2 cups water

C
2 limes, diced
1 ½ inch young ginger, diced
2 shallots, diced
2 tbsp toasted shredded coconut
2 tbsp dried shrimps
2 tbsp fried peanuts
2 tsp chillies, cut
20 piper sarmentosum (daun kadok) leaves – lettuce or other salad leaves can be used as a substitute

Preparation Method:

1. Grind or pound ingredients A finely.
2. Transfer ground ingredients A to a pot, add B and bring to a boil.
3. Lower heat and simmer liquid until it is reduced to 1 cup. Allow this sauce to cool.
4. To serve, pour thick sauce into a serving bowl.
5. Arrange ingredients B separately in small bowls.
6. To eat, shape a piper sarmentosum leaf into a cone. Place one of each C ingredient into the cone and add half a teasp of sauce. Enjoy!!

Care and cultivation of piper sarmentosum: part shade; water generously; not fussy about soil; propagate using vegetative cuttings