Dari Dapur Ummi! Kari Kapitan (Kapitan's Curry)

Salam,

The word Kapitan, if I’m not mistaken is originated from the Chinese immigrants’ clans living in Malaya (the name of Malaysia before the independence in 1957) especially the ones whom worked in the tin mines. Perhaps this is their curry recipe. To be noted, again we used the range of Seri Murni’s cooking pastes, however below are our ways of modifying it.
This is one of my personal favourites, besides that, it is without any doubt, my boyfriend’s MOST favourite meal in Malaysia. He would be acting like he discovered hidden treasure whenever Ummi and I cooked this meal for him. He even would close his eyes while swallowing each handful of rice telling me he’s trying to enjoy the delicious gravy to the utmost. Well, enough said here, just please try it out and insya Allah you’ll thank me later. :p

Ingredients/ Bahan-bahan

• Chicken / Ayam
• Seri Murni’s Kari Kapitan Paste/ Pes Kari Rendang Seri Murni (2 packets/ peket)
• Cili Padi (12)
• Red Onion / Bawang Merah (3)
• Tomatoes / Tomato
• Coriander leaves / Daun Ketumbar
• Coconut Milk / Santan
• Water / Air
• Salt / Garam
• Oil / Minyak

Firstly pound the cili padi with salt according to your liking. / Mula-mula sekali tumbukkan cili padi dengan garam mengikut citarasa anda.

Next, pound the red onions with the cili padis. / Kemudian tumbukkan bawang merah dengan cili padi tadi.



Fry the ingredients in heated oil. / Tumiskan bahan-bahan dalam minyak yang telah dipanaskan.



Put in the Kari Kapitan paste into the wok and stir it with the previous ingredients. / Masukkan pes Kari Kapitan ke dalam kuali bersama bahan-bahan tadi.





The arising of the ingredients’ aroma indicates that they are partially cooked. Put in the chicken. Stir the chicken with the paste./ Kemudian setelah bahan-bahan tadi telah naik bau menunjukkan ia telah sedikit masak, masukkan ayam. Balik-balikkan ayam bersama pes.




After that cover the wok with the lid and wait until the chicken is cooked. / Tutup kuali dengan penutup, tunggu sehingga ayam masak.




Pour in a few cups of water as the gravy, do not pour in too much to so the gravy would not be too thin. / Masukkan beberapa cawan air untuk dijadikan kuah, jangan terlalu banyak supaya tidak cair.




Next put in the sliced tomatoes / Kemudian masukkan tomato yang telah dipotong-potong.





Next, put in cut turmeric leaves for extra taste and especially for its nice fragrant. / Selepas itu, masukkan daun ketumbar yang telah dipotong-potong untuk rasa yang lebih enak dan paling utama aromanya yang harum.



Finally mix all the ingredients until the meal is cooked and ready to be prepared. / Akhir sekali gaulkan semua bahan-bahan sehinga ia masak dan sedia untuk dihidangkan.


ENJOY! =)