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Ingredients
For Marinating Chicken
Chicken Boneless------------- 1 kg, one inch cubes
Garlic paste-------------------- 1 tsp
Ginger paste------------------- 1 tsp
Salt------------------------------- 1½ tsp
Crushed red chillies----------- 1 tsp
Crushed black pepper-------- 1 tsp
Chili Sauce---------------------- 2 tbsp
Soya sauce--------------------- 2 tbsp
Tomato ketchup--------------- 4 tbsp
For Cooking Chicken
Oil--------------------------------- ¼ cup
Julian ginger-------------------- 1 inch piece
Corn flour----------------------- 1 tbsp or as needed
Water---------------------------- 3 tbsp to make corn flour solution
Veggies
Spaghetti------------------------ 1 pack boiled
Carrots--------------------------- 2 large, ½ inch cubed
Capsicum------------------------ 2 large, ½ inch cubed
Tomatoes------------------------ 2large, ½ inch cubed, de-seeded
Onion----------------------------- 2 large, ½ inch cubed
Cabbage------------------------- 2 cup, ½ inch cubed
For the Rice
Rice------------------------------- ½ kg
Black cumin--------------------- 1 tsp
White cumin--------------------- 1 tsp
Star anise------------------------ 4
Salt-------------------------------- 1½ tbsp or as needed
For the sauce
Mayonnaise---------------------- 1 cup
Tomato Ketchup---------------- 8 tbsp
Vinegar--------------------------- 4 tbsp
Caster sugar--------------------- 2 tsp
Crushed red chillies------------ 1 tsp
Salt-------------------------------- 1 pinch
Instructions
For the rice
Soak rice in water half an hour before.
Take oil in a pot, add black cumin, white cumin and star anise and give everything a good stir.
Now add the rice into it and stir gently. Add salt.
Add enough water to cook the rice, cover. (As a rule of thumb you to cook rice, you only add enough water that it's one inch above the rice, cover it then, till water starts to dry. Stir once gently, add salt to taste and reduce the flame to dum) Set cooked rice aside.
For the Sauce
Mix all the ingredients of the sauce into the mayonnaise, give everything a good mix and set aside.
For the spaghetti
Boiled spaghetti in boiling hot water.
Once done, drain, wash with regular tap water, set aside.
For the chicken
Pat the chicken pieces dry and throw them into a clean and dry bowl.
Now add all the seasonings into the chicken and marinate it for one hour.
Now take oil in a pan and throw in thinly julian ginger saute ginger then add the marinated chicken to it. Stir to mix, and then cover it, till the chicken gets cooked- nice and tender. (If it gets too dry, add ½ cup of water, cover again).
Once chicken is half done, throw in all of the veggies (carrots, capsicum, cabbage, tomato, onion).
Veggies should remain crunchy yet tender.
Now add the corn flour solution ( 1 tbsp of corn flour into 3 tbsp water) to thicken the very little sauce.
Stir in the pre-boiled spaghetti.
Cook on low flame for 5 more minutes, check seasonings and it's done.
Final Assembly
Rice
Half of chicken plus spaghetti plus veggies
Sauce
Remaining half of chicken plus spaghetti plus veggies
Recipe by The Chef in Me at https://thechefinme.pk/singaporean-rice/