Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Lemper Ayam (Steamed Sticky Rice with Chicken Filing)

This is one of Indonesian traditional snack. Mostly we served this for special occasion. While I am at Indonesia easy for me to find at snack store especially at Java.

I bought the sticky rice from Thai Store at Lompoc.

This is one of my favorite snack :-)

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : from some website then modified by me

What you need :

- 2 cup sticky rice, soaked for 1 hour, steamed for 10 minutes with little bit water
- 200 ml coconut milk 
- 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 salt
- loaf pan (i used mini loaf pan), lightly grease with oil

Chicken Stuffing :
- 200 gr chicken breasts, broiled, drain, shredded
- 2 kaffir lime leaves
- 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
- 4 cloves shallots
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon tamarind juice
- 2 candle nuts
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 150 ml coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon oil, for saute

Make it :

Sticky Rice :
1. In sauce pan, boil coconut milk then add lemongrass, bay leaf and salt. Add steamed sticky rice, saute continuously until coconut milk is fully absorbed by the sticky rice. Set aside.

Stuffing :
1. Finely crush : shallot, garlic, coriander, candle nuts.
2. In a hot skillet, add oil then saute crushed seasoning for 2 minutes under moderate heat. 
3. Add shredded chicken, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, pepper, coconut milk, tamarind juice, and saute gently until evaporate.
4. Adjust taste with sugar and salt. Remove from the heat. Set Aside.

- Spread a half sticky rice into prepare loaf pan. Place cooked chicken stuffing, then spread the other half of the sticky rice on top of the stuffing. Steamed for another 15 minutes.
- Let it rest for another 10 minutes. Remove from the mold, cut into pieces.  Ready to serve :-)

Preparation : 20 minutes
Cooking : 1 hours

Servings : 10 pieces



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