Mormors Kaukswe Recipes

BURMESE CHICKEN-COCONUT SOUP (OHN NO KYAWSWE)

Steps:

• Place 1/2 chopped onion, ginger, garlic, and 1/4 cup water into a blender and puree until smooth. Soak rice noodles in a bowl of lukewarm water for about 30 minutes.
• Season chicken thigh meat lightly with salt and black pepper in a bowl and set aside. In a separate small bowl, whisk 1 cup of chicken broth into the chickpea flour. Reserve remaining 2 cups chicken broth for a later step.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in chicken pieces and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly browned. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon and set aside. Reduce heat to medium and add 1 1/2 sliced onions to the pan. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking and stirring until the onion is very tender and dark brown, 15 to 20 minutes more. Stir in the turmeric, paprika, and cayenne pepper.
• In a medium stockpot, combine cooked chicken and any juices that have accumulated, browned onions, onion and ginger puree, and remaining 2 cups of chicken broth. Carefully add chickpea flour and broth mixture, stirring quickly so that the flour doesn't clump.
• Bring the pot to a boil; reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the coconut milk and cook just until heated through. Divide the soaked rice noodles among 5 large soup bowls. Ladle the soup over the rice noodles in the bowls and garnish each bowl with lemon wedges, green onions, hard-cooked eggs, cilantro, fish sauce, fried noodles, and curry powder.

PANTHE KAUKSWE - BURMESE CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Cut chicken into serving pieces.
• Put Garlic,onion,ginger,ngapi, in blender and blend to a smooth paste; adding some of the peanut oil if paste becomes to dry.
• Heat remanding oils in a wok (or pan) and fry mixture off for 5 minutes.
• Add chicken and fry for a further few minutes.
• Add chilli powder,salt and thin coconut milk and simmer gently until chicken is tender. (45 minutes - 1 hr approx). If it becomes to dry add some hot water - a little at a time.
• Take off heat and add thick coconut milk and bring the pot SLOWLY to a boil. Stir constantly to prevent curdling.
• Mix Chick pea with a little cold water to a smooth paste and add to the curry, and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Cook the noodles in a pot of salted boiling water until tender around 6-8 minutes.
• Drain the noodles and place in bowls, serve the curry on top with fried garlic and peanuts as accompaniments.

MORMOR'S KAUKSWE

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into large pieces, rub with turmeric and simmer in water with salt until tender. Remove the meat from the bones, reserve chicken stock.
• Process 4 onions, garlic and ginger or pound with morter and pestle.
• Slice one onion and brown in oil, add the chicken and fry for a few minutes. Add the onion and garlic mixture and cook 3-4 minutes. Add the chicken stock and the chili powder. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Mix the split pea flour with cold water (you can substitute cornstarch if you must), add this to the stock stirring constantly, cook for 15 minutes.
• Prepare the coconut liquid by cutting the coconut up and putting it in a blender with 3 c hot water. Blend and strain. Add the liquid to the chicken stock and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Blanch the noodles. Serve separately with the garnishes. Each person serves themselves to their own preference.