I love Malaysian Cuisine especially Masak Lemak kind of dishes. I have been craving for this dish Sotong Masak Lemak Chilli Padi for almost a week but I couldn't get the sotong/ squid from the wet market then, but this morning we had early breakfast so we managed to get to the market early and lug back a kg of very fresh ones for a very affordable price of rm35 per kg.
I cooked half portion of the one kg of Squid/Sotong and the rest will sit in the freezer for another dish. Yours truly was very happy...finally get to cook this dish for early dinner. We were hungry coz we had early breakfast ðŸ¤
This is my favourite dish..anything seafood I like! 😜
Very appetising dish, cukup pedas, cukup masam and cukup lemak in Malay language. Meaning in English, it means enough heat, enough sourness and enough creaminess!
Sotong Masak Lemak Chilli Padi
(I used Che Nom recipe but replaced chicken with Squid)
Ingredients
10-20 bird's eye chilli
2-3 inches fresh turmeric ( ** OR ½ tablespoon turmeric powder)
A little bit of water
1.5 kg/ 1 chicken
2 lemongrass
2 potatoes
Thick coconut milk (from 1 coconut)
**Or 2 small boxes of coconut cream extract
Salt to taste
1 turmeric leave
2 tamarind slices
Or cooking method
