Malay Chicken Kuzi Curry - Kuzi Ayam
Malay Chicken Kuzi Curry - Kuzi Ayam

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Great recipe for Malay Chicken Kuzi Curry - Kuzi Ayam. My sister asked me to cook up this particular dish of Northern Malaysia, from the state of Kelantan. Kuzi is a soften derivation of the Indian word Kurzi.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have malay chicken kuzi curry - kuzi ayam using 31 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Malay Chicken Kuzi Curry - Kuzi Ayam:
  1. Take 600 g Chicken Meat (cut into pieces)
  2. Get [Garlic Turmeric Paste] - ground well
  3. Get 40 g Garlic
  4. Get 30 g Ginger Root
  5. Prepare 20 g Turmeric Root
  6. Take [Caramelised Onions]
  7. Prepare 300 g Yellow Onions (finely sliced)
  8. Make ready 2 Tbsp Butter/Ghee
  9. Make ready 1 g Salt
  10. Prepare [Sauce]
  11. Prepare 50 g Red Onions (diced roughly)
  12. Get 50 g Shallots (sliced finely)
  13. Make ready 300 g Ripe Tomatoes (diced finely)
  14. Get 50 g Almonds (flaked)
  15. Take 50 g Raisins or Sultanas
  16. Prepare 3 pc Cardamom Pods
  17. Make ready 2 pc Star Anise
  18. Get 1 cup Evaporated Milk (like Ideal) or Cream
  19. Make ready 1 Tbsp Kuzi Spice Mix (see below)
  20. Take 1 Tbsp Honey (optional)
  21. Prepare as needed Ghee/Butter
  22. Get as needed Salt
  23. Make ready [Kuzi Spice Mix]
  24. Take 1 Tbsp Coriander Powder
  25. Prepare 2 tsp Cumin Powder
  26. Get 2 tsp Fennel Powder
  27. Take 1 tsp White Pepper Powder
  28. Get 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  29. Make ready 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
  30. Prepare 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  31. Make ready 1/2 tsp Ground Mace

It is not hot at all as there are no chillies but only some pepper to give it a slight hint of heat. Ayam Kuzi, especially, with the many ingredients, I have got to make sure each ingredient is written down so that I will not miss out anything. Most of you may not have tried (or even heard of) this dish before, this is a Kelantanese curry chicken dish, thick and rich in flavours. When the oil is hot, sear the chicken, skin side down, until golden.

Steps to make Malay Chicken Kuzi Curry - Kuzi Ayam:
  1. MARINADE: marinate the Chicken with 1/2 the Garlic Turmeric Paste and 1/2 tsp Salt, for 30 minutes or more.
  2. ALMONDS & RAISINS: heat 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil on a low heat. Toast the Almonds until it's light brown, then remove and set aside. Next, fry the Raisins until they puffed up, remove and set aside.
  3. CARAMELISED ONIONS: heat 2 Tbsp of Ghee or Butter on a low heat. Add the Yellow Onions and Salt. Then Sauté the Onions until they brown all over. Remove, and let it cool. Once cooled, ground the Caramelised Onions into a paste.
  4. CHICKEN: heat 3-4 Tbsp of Cooking Oil on high heat. Fry the Chicken until brown all over. Remove and set aside.
  5. SAUCE: add 2 Tbsp of Ghee or Butter on medium heat. Fry the Cardamom Pods and Star Anise for a few seconds (until they pop). Fry the remaining Garlic Turmeric Paste until fragrant. Next, fry the Shallots and Red Onions until fragrant. Then add 1 Tbsp of Kuzi Spice Mix and mix well. Then, add the Tomatoes and 1 cup of Water. Mix well and bring it to a simmer. Cook until the Tomatoes are soft and disintegrating.
  6. ASSEMBLY: add the Caramelised Onions and mix well until they dissolve. Then add the Milk, the Chicken, the Raisins, Honey, Almonds and mix well. Serve with Rice or Bread.
  7. This is a dark Kuzi Curry, with extra Caramelised Onions and Chillies.

Remove the chicken from the pan and add to the slow cooker. Kuzi Chicken was often prepared especially for joyous and grand occasions celebrated within the Kelantanese Malay community. Different than the your usual run-off-the-mill chicken curry, Kuzi Chicken has a milder, sweeter taste and is often confused with 'Ayam Masak Merah', another Malaysian favourite. Kari Ayam is what they call this in Malaysia, in English simply Chicken Curry. It is a dish made out of chicken usually the bony parts like ribs, wings, thighs and legs marinated in a spice blend of chillies, ginger, garlic, lemon grass, shallots, belachan and candlenuts cooked with coconut milk together with potatoes served with rice and roti.

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