Chicken Fried with Curry Leaves

Name: Chicken Fried with Curry Leaves
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: fresh spices; sweet potatoes; medicinal jungle herbs; curry leaves; chicken; coconut; coconut milk; curry sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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Cheong Liew

By David Sly and Cheong Liew

Published 2025

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This is Cheong’s version of Kerala stir-fried chicken, with lots of curry spice.

Method

When I went to Kerala in the early 2000s, while I was working only a quick flight away in Singapore, I was surprised to find this Chinese influence in their food, thinking it must have come to them via the Mamak chicken rendang dishes from Malaysia. It’s almost like Sichuan kung pao chicken but with a coconut influence.

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