My First Ayam Sioh....and they said its nice.

It tooks me nearly 2 days to prepare this single dishes called Ayam Sioh.

Ayam Sioh is a popular dishes among Baba and Nyonya.

I dont know why this dish is called Ayam Sioh.

In my thinking, maybe Malacca during that time is full with Ayam.

So, when there are too many Ayam, they will chase them away.

In order to chase away those Ayam, they will say " sioh...sioh.."(read: shioh)

So i think that is why this dish is called Ayam Sioh.

It could be that way, rite?

Ok...leave that history thingy aside.

Now i would like to share the recipe.

Its easy but it takes a lot of time to prepare.

Below is the recipe..happy cooking!

Ayam Sioh Malacca by Amnina Azmi

Ingredients
15 big size drumsticks (approximately 2kgs)

Marinade

• 250 g shallots (blended)
• 4 tablespoons ketumbar (coriander) powder
• 50 g fresh coriander (chopped)
• 2 heaped teaspoon white pepper powder
• 225 g tamarind with seeds and 350 ml water (squeeze the juice and remove tamarind seeds)
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoon salt
• 4 tablespoons dark soya sauce
• 2 tablespoon sauce ABC
• Oil to fry

Method

· Chicken is cleaned and washed (do not soak or it will lose the natural sweetness of the chicken).

· Chicken is marinated with salt for 15 minutes. Then chicken is rinsed and tossed.

· Let the chicken rest. (They need a break too!)

· On a large bowl, mix shallots, coriander powder, pepper powder, tamarind juices, sugar, brown sugar, salt, dark soy sauce and sauce ABC.

· Enough rest for the chicken! Put the chicken in the mixture and marinate overnite in the fridge.

· After a day, boil the mixture and chicken.

· When the chicken is well done, take it out from the gravy. Continue boiling the gravy until it is thick.

· The gravy must be a lil bit salty so it will goes well with rice.

· Heat your sauce pan with medium heat. Make sure it is not over heat otherwise the chicken will turn black. Remember, we add brown sugar just….ok?

· Use the oil to fry the chicken until golden.

· Put the fried chicken aside and pat the oil.

· For serving, kindly mix the friend chicken with gravy. The chicken can be served with any rice to your likings.

Thank you.

Nota kaki: Martha Stewart, I am? Haha… Florence Tan boleh la…mimpi!