Malaysian
Chicken Varuval (Ayam Varuval)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and slice the onion.
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Toss the chicken with the meat curry powder and salt, and marinate 15 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat and fry the onion until softened, about 3 minutes.
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Add the fennel seeds and curry leaves and fry 1 minute until fragrant.
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Add the marinated chicken and fry over medium-high heat, stirring often, until browned, about 6 minutes.
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Add the water, cover, and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
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Uncover, stir in the dark soy sauce, and cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until almost no gravy remains and the chicken is dry-fried and glossy, about 6 minutes.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chicken Varuval (Ayam Varuval), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Varuval (Ayam Varuval) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chicken Varuval (Ayam Varuval) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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