Nasi Kunyit

Nasi Kuning (yellow rice), or sometimes called Nasi Kunyit (turmeric rice), is an Indonesian rice dish cooked with coconut milk and turmeric. Nasi kuning might come in the form of a cone called a tumpeng and is usually eaten during special events, eg. birthday celebraton.

It is usually served/decorated with a variety of side dishes such as :

shredded omelette,

serundeng (relish of grated coconut and spices),

urap (vegetable in shredded coconut dressing),

teri kacang (fried anchovy and peanuts),

sambal goreng (fried tempeh and potato caramelized in spicy sauce),

ayam goreng (Javanese-style fried chicken),

ampela ayam (chicken gizzard), hati ayam (chicken liver),

balado udang (shrimp in chilli),

perkedel (potato fritters).

telur puyuh ( hardboiled quail eggs),

cucumber, tomato, chilli, carrot, etc.

source : Wikipedia

Variant of Chicken Soup

There are a wide variety of chicken soups, every household have its own recipe, sometime not just one but few recipes, depending on the ingredients.

Major Ingredients ( which are compulsory for cooking chicken soup ) :

1. Chicken, be it thigh/wing/drumstick/breast, boneless, cut/uncut, with/without gizzard/heart/liver  etc

2. Ginger, old/young, sliced/julienne

3. Sesame seed oil ( other type of vegetable oil would be less desirable )

Additional Ingredients ( which are not necessary, but preferred, usually can be added in combination of ) :

a. other meat

1. pork lean meat/liver 猪肉/肝, or

2. fish maw 鱼漂, or

3. scallop 干贝

b. mushrooms

1. Shiitake mushroom 香菇 ( Lentinula edodes ), and/or

2. button mushroom  蘑菇 ( Agaricus bisporus ), and/or

3. Judas’ ear 黑木耳 ( Auricularia auricula-judae ), and/or

4. white fungus白木耳 ( Tremella fuciformis )

c. wine

1. Shaoxing Rice Wine绍兴酒, and

2. Hakka wine 客家黄酒 or

3. Foochow red wine 福州红酒鸡

d. Chinese herbs

1. American ginseng 泡参 ( Panax quinquefolius ), or

2. Chinese angelica 当归 ( Angelica sinensis ), with

3. Chinese date 枣 ( Ziziphus zizyphus ) and/or

4. wolfberries 枸杞 ( Lycium chinensis )

e.tc

Chicken soup is best having with hot rice or meesua/any other type of noodles

卤鸡肫 Stewed Chicken Gizzard

First, clean the chicken gizzards.  Then marinate them with some 3 table spoon of dark soy sauce, a teaspoon of five spice powder and a tablespoon of granular sugar. 

If too much dark soy sauce is added, the whole thing will turn out dark-coloured.  Too much five spice powder too will result in the dish overwhelmed with the spice’s strong smell.

Meanwhile, peel a bulb of garlic.

Fry the garlic in oil first, then put in the chicken gizzards.  

Add in water to cover the gizzards, bring to boil

Turn down the flame.  Simmer until the gizzards are cooked and tender.

By then, almost half the gravy has dried up.