For A Friend Abroad......

The recipe for the dish called 'Paprik' in this entry is requested by a friend. She's in the middle-east at the moment so, when she saw my photos at facebook, she asked me for the recipe. This dish is one of my regular dishes during the weekends. If you like vegetables, you should try this recipe.

'PAPRIK'

To cook this dish, you will need:

• 1/2 a chicken (cut into bite-size pieces)
• 4 red onions (pound coarsely)
• 2 pips of garlic(pound coarsely)
• 1 yellow onion (slice thinly)
• 5 birds eye chilles (crushed)
• 2 stalks of lemongrass(bruised)
• 3 pieces of kaffir lime leaves
• 2 ripe tomatoes (cut into
• 1/2 a carrot ( slice thinly
• 4 baby corn (slice thinly)
• 5-6 long beans (cut into 1 inch-length pieces)
• 4-5 florets of cauliflower
• 4-5 florets of broccoli
• 1 tbsp of tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp of chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp of oyster sauce
• 2-3 tbsp of water
• 2-3 limes
• salt to taste

Method:

• Heat some oit in the wok and fry the chicken pieces until cooked. Do not brown the chicken.
• Put in the pounded ingredients and birds eye chilles and fry until fragrant.
• Put in all the sauces, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves and water. Stir and let to simmer.
• Next, put in the vegetables and stir well until all the vegetables are cooked.
• Then, put in the tomato wedges and sliced yellow onion and stir again.
• Add salt to taste.
• Before serving, squeeze the lime on top of the dish.
• Serve hot with plain, white rice.