Opor Benggala

I actually don't know if this dish is Indonesian or Indian. I got the recipe from an Indonesian cook book entitled 1010 Resep Asli Indonesia (Indonesian Original Recipe) - Gramedia 2008. In the original recipe, the chicken is cut into possibly-plaine figure, but as usual, i don't follow the original recipe. My guess is that this salver is (or was) famous in Medan or other part of Sumatera, where there, the precense of Indian/arab culture is stronger than in Java.

Talking about Indian..we went seeing the movie Slumdog Millionaire yesterday. A nice movie full of emotions, so glad that i watched it with my husband on valentine's day (yeah, watching a disturbing romantic movie like Slumdog...is one of many ways to celebrate it!) Happy valentine's day anyway :)

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken thighs
• 500 ml milk
• 1 tsp ghee

spices:

• 3 big shallots, sliced
  
• 2 garlics, sliced
• 1 tsp nutmeg powder
• lemon juice from ½ lemon (i used kaffir lime as i was running out of lemon)
  
• ½ tsp white pepper powder
• salt
  

Methods:

1. Wash the chicken.Heat the ghee in the pan.
   
2. Saut the shallots, garlic and add the remaining spices. .
3. Add the chicken, stir well then add milk.
4. Cook until the chicken is ready and the sauce is thick (you can always add the milk according to your favour).
5. Serve