NONYA NONYA!

Who would have thought? Nonya is actually pretty easy to cook, when you have a recipe book!

Today, I decided to make a Nonya trio--- Yellow rice with fried tamarind chicken and garlic kangkong.

Yellow rice recipe:
1 tsp of ginger pounded
4 garlic clovews
6 shallots sliced thinly

1 cinnamon quill
8 cloves
8 caramondon, slightly bruised
115g butter
1/2 tsp ground tumeric
1 tbs lime juice
625g basmati rice
1 L water boiling

salt to season
1 chicken stock cube

Heat oil in wok. Add ginger and fry till brown, then add in garlic and shallots.
Add cinnamon quill, cloves and caramondom and stirfry, then add tumeric and lime juice.
Then add rice and stir fry until liquid is absorbed and transfer to rice cooker. Dissolve chicken stock in water and add liquid to rice cooker. Add salt. Cook rice :)

Tamarind chicken
1.2 kg chicken, quartered

marinade:
3 tbs tamarind pulp
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp soy sauce
8 tbs water

Combine marinade ingredients in bowl. Wash chicken and wipe with kitchen towel until very dry. Prick chicken all over with fork and rub all over with marinade, leave to stand for 45 minutes.
In wok, heat oil until very hot, and add chicken, and reduce heat to moderate.
Fry until light brown, dry and crispy.

Garlic Kangkong
1 bunch of kangkong
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1/4 cup dried shrimp

Soak shrimp in 1/2 cup hot water for 1/2 hour.
Heat oil and fry garlic until fragrant,then add shrimp and fry. Add kangkong and shrimp water and fry.