Myanmar Styled Curry Chicken with Bottle Gourd shared by Patricia Thant.
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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
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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.
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