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You can cook Malay Spicy Tomato Chicken (Ayam Masak Merah) using 25 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Malay Spicy Tomato Chicken (Ayam Masak Merah)
  1. It’s of Chicken meat (skinless, deboned).
  2. It’s of Blended Paste;.
  3. It’s of Shallots.
  4. Prepare of Garlic.
  5. It’s of Turmeric root.
  6. Prepare of Galangal.
  7. Prepare of Ginger.
  8. Prepare of Lemongrass.
  9. You need of Dried Chillies (soak in warm water).
  10. You need of For Braising;.
  11. It’s of Tomato Puree.
  12. It’s of Coconut Milk.
  13. Prepare of Tamarind slices.
  14. You need of Palm sugar.
  15. Prepare of Salt (to your taste).
  16. It’s of Cinnamon.
  17. You need of Star Anise.
  18. You need of Cardamom.
  19. You need of Cooking Oil.
  20. You need of Ghee (optional).
  21. Prepare of Optionals;.
  22. Prepare of Tomato (quartered).
  23. You need of Onion (Sliced).
  24. It’s of Ketchup.
  25. Prepare of Chili Sauce.

Lucky me, Bee had made it easier by suggesting Ayam Masak Merah or chicken cooked in rich creamy spicy tomato sauce. Ayam Masak Merah is a Malay/Indonesian dish which is spicy and sweet at the same time. Pieces of chicken are first pan-fried to a golden brown then slowly simmered in a spicy tomato sauce. This popular Malay dish is especially scrumptious with Nasi Tomato (tomato rice).

Malay Spicy Tomato Chicken (Ayam Masak Merah) step by step

  1. Heat the oil (and Ghee if you like) in the wok at high heat. Fry the cinnamon, star anise and cardamom until fragrant (10 seconds). Then add the blended paste and chicken. Mix well and fry until the oil separates..

  2. Once the oil separates, turn down the heat and add the coconut milk, palm sugar, tamarind slices, tomato puree and salt. Cover the wok and cook between 10 to 20 minutes (depends on how you cut your chicken), stirring occasionally every 5 minutes until sauce thickens. Chicken is ready to serve..

  3. OPTIONAL; in step 2 you can also add tomatoes, onions and if you like you can also add ketchup and chilli sauce..

Cooked in garlic, tomato sauce, cayenne chillies, lemongrass, turmeric, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and cardamom, this Malay Spicy Tomato Chicken Heat the pan over medium-high heat and add the ½ tsp of oil. Once the pan is hot, place the chicken in the pan with the skin on the pan. This is another Malaysian dish with all the characteristics of a curry but named Ayam Masak Merah which translates literally to 'chicken cooked red'. It's a relatively simple name to describe chicken simmered in a creamy tomato-based gravy. In Malay, we call it "Ayam Masak Merah".