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Myanmar Styled Curry Chicken with Bottle Gourd - Shared by Patricia Thant

Ingredients

Bottle gourd (small) - Half

Chicken - 200g

Fish sauce - 2 tspn

Pinch of salt

Chicken powder - 1/4 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn

Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn

Water - 250ml

Onions (small) - 2 bulbs

Garlic -  2 cloves

Lemongrass - 1 stalk 

 

Steps

1. Marinate the chicken with chicken powder, fish sauce, salt and turmeric powder. Set aside for 30mins

2. Cut/ chop/ pound onion and garlic. Smash the lemongrass. Cut the gourd into small pieces

3. Heat oil in pan, fry onion, garlic and lemongrass until golden brown and fragrant

4. Add in the chili powder. Cook for 2 more mins

5. Add in and stir the marinated chicken well, cover the pan until juices start to flow from chicken

6. Add the gourd and cover again for 2mins

7. Add water and cook until the chicken is tender. Your dish is ready to be served!

Tip: Best served with white rice!

About the participant

I am from Myanmar and SPR. As a stay at home mom for the time being, I love to cook healthy and delicious dishes everyday for my husband and my toddler.

Patricia Thant

Recipe has been edited for clarity by the HealthXchange team.

Ref: L20