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Ayam golek is a coconut spiced roast chicken in Malaysia. It is usually cooked on a grill but using an oven at home works perfectly well as well. Acar is a Nyonya pickled vegetable that can last for days outside the refrigerator (though, the flavour can get a bit too intense with all that fermentation).
Ayam Golek
Acar
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Roast Chicken -
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In a blender, add in lemongrass, shallot, galangal, dried chilli, ginger and 100g coconut milk and blend until very fine.
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Heat up a pan on medium heat and then add in the oil. Then add in the spice mix and stir fry for 8 minutes until its dry and darkened. Once the spice paste is done, add in the desiccated coconut, fish sauce, and leftover coconut milk.
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In another plate, mix the dry powders together with the salt. Marinate the chicken with the dry powders and then with the spice paste. Then place it into the fridge
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Once it has marinated for two hours, take it out for another 30 minutes to bring to room temperature as you preheat your oven to 200C. Place the chicken into the oven to roast for 25 minutes
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Once finished, allow the chicken to rest for another 15 minutes before carving into it
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Acar -
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In a blender, add in the lemongrass, dried chilli, onion, garlic, galangal, turmeric, ginger, and water
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Then heat up the oil in a pot on medium heat and add in the spice paste. Then stir fry for 10 minutes until it's nice and dry. Then add in the fish sauce and set aside
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In another dry bowl, add ½ tsp salt to the cucumbers and let it sit for 10 minutes. This draws out water. Discard the water and slightly rinse the cucumbers
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Heat up 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and then add in the cucumber, long beans, cabbage, yellow zucchini, and cherry tomatoes. Stir fry it for 5 minutes. Add the spice paste to the vegetables and then stir fry for another 10 minutes.
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Once done, add in the salt and the rice vinegar and mix well. Transfer into an airtight container and it’ll be able to keep for up to a week. To serve, sprinkle it with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds.
Tip
Make sure all your vegetables and bowls are clean when you make acar because when it comes to pickling foods and fermenting foods, cleanliness is very important.
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