So much of influence from the Astro Series ” Little Nyonya”, I am so tempted to learn the Nyonya yummy dishes. I had a chance to taste the Ayam Pongteh when I visited Miche at her home on my last trip back to Melaka. She had even asked her mother to cook up a storm for us, and one of the dishes is the Ayam Pongteh. When I came back, I tried to cook this dishes and it really taste delicious (especially when eaten with sambal belacan), thanks to recipe and tips from Miche.
This is the 2nd time I tried cooking this dish. It taste really nice on the 2nd day so I will cook a bigger pot so that it can at least last for 2 days. Below is my version of Ayam Pongteh.
Ingredients:
Lots of shallots, few pieces garlic, 1Tbsp taucu, 1/2 chicken, 4 potatoes, gula melaka, salt to taste, chinese mushroom (optional)
Method:
- Fry pounded shallots, garlic and taucu till fragant
- Add in chicken and then big potato cubes
- Simmer and once boiled, add gula melaka and some salt to taste
- Let it simmer till potato turns soft (gravy thicken)
I also add some belly pork cubes prior adding the chicken for additional taste.
Now that my laptop is corrupted, I can have more time in the kitchen trying out more nice dishes. At least no more dark circles under eyes for the time being 
Looks delicious, am gonna try cooking it for the family! Thanks for the recipe!
wah, looks yummy
Thanks for the recipe, CN. Will keep this recipe until I can get my hands in the kitchen in 2 years time..LOL!!!
I cooked this too last week but I put brown sugar instead of gula melaka. Tomorrow, I’m cooking this again, this time with gula melaka.