Timo's Chicken Curry

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Wash the chicken drumsticks with salt until cleaned, Dry it and marinade with salt for about 30 minutes.

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Soak the dried red chillies in hot water until soft. Bruise 2 stalks of lemongrass and remove curry leaves from its stems and set aside.

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Prepare the curry paste by chopping up the ingredients into smaller pieces to blend together and then pounded until it forms into a smooth paste.

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• 4 stalks lemongrass
• 6 cloves garlic
• 150 g shallots
• 2 inches galangal
• 6 red chillies
• 6 dried chillies
• 1 tbsp tumeric powder

• mortar and pestle

Prepare the curry paste by chopping 2 stalks of lemongrass, chillies, dried chillies, shallots, garlic, and gallangal before putting it into the pestle and mortar to pound until a smooth paste is formed. Combine the tumeric powder at the end and add in some salt to taste.

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• 1 kg potato

Skin the potatoes, cut into 1.5 inch cubes and fry until brown, then set aside.

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• 12 chicken drumsticks

Brown the chicken drumsticks and set aside.

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• 4 sprigs curry leaves

• wok

Fry the curry leaves in some oil, then add-in the curry paste until fragrant and oil starts to flip from the paste.

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• 200 ml coconut milk
• 500 ml water
• 3 tbsp oil
• salt

Add-in the chicken and potatoes at this point to mix with the fried curry paste. Transfer into a pot and add half the coconut milk and water mixture and let it simmer until bubbling for the next 15-20 minutes..

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Serve warm with jasmine rice or bread of your choice, garnished with mint leaves

Enjoy your meal!