Grandma's Tasty Spicy Chicken

This is one of my favorite recipe of all time! My grandmother used to cook this when I was little and obviously, I have forgotten about it, not knowing what the dish was actually called. And then one day, I found this recipe online in Kuali.com but never realize it was the dish Grandma used to make. I tried, taste it and then realized, wow... it immediately brought me to childhood. Here I tweak some part of the recipe a bit by adding more sauce to the dish than the much drier type of the original recipe. It's so delicious, so tasty and it only taste better overnight.

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken, chopped (or you can do 4 chicken wings and 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks)
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of milk / coconut milk
• 2 to 3 tbsp of oil

Spices A:

• 1 big yellow onion, sliced thinly
• 2 tbsp of cumin seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 3 sprigs of curry leaves (if any, not necessary)

Spices B (mix all together):

• 3 tbsp of chilli powder / 3 tbsp of chilli paste (if using chilli paste, don't add water)
• 3 tbsp of water (to dissolve all dry spices)
• 1 tbsp of turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp of coriander powder
• 4 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
• 2 cm of ginger, chopped finely
• 1 tbsp of ground black pepper

Seasoning C:

• 1 tsp of soy sauce
• 1 tbsp of oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp of sugar

Seasoning D:

• 1 tsp of fish sauce (you may add a bit more oyster sauce if you don't have fish sauce in your pantry)
• 2 limes juiced
• 1 tsp of dark soy sauce

1. Marinate the chicken with Seasoning C in a large mixing bowl for 20 mins - 1 hour.
2. Heat the oil in a saucepan in low heat and fry Spices A until fragrant, then add Spices B. Fry for another 2 minutes.
3. Increase the heat to medium-high, put the chicken in and fry until well-combined, stirring frequently. Let it heat up for 3 minutes, and then add water.
4. Mix well and bring it to boil. When boil, turn the heat down to low-medium heat, cook covered for 20 minutes.
5. Pour in the milk and cover the pan until the sauce turn somewhat thicker. If using coconut milk, the sauce will be much thicker.
6. Lastly, add Seasoning D, stir until well mix and serve with rice.

Serving suggestion:

With brown rice and stir fry okra/lady fingers with garlic.