Mar
29
2017

Cook with Ethan: Ayam Pongteh

During the school holidays, Ethan managed to spend some time in the kitchen.

I guided him to cook this famous Peranakan dish, Ayam Pongteh.

Ingredients:
6 Chicken Drumsticks
2 Potatoes
4 Chinese Mushrooms
2 Tablespoon Tauchu
1 Teaspoon Dark Soy Sauce
2 Teaspoon Gula Melaka
5 Shallots (Pounded)
5 Cloves Garlic (Pounded)

Method:
1) Pound shallots and garlic
2) Slice mushrooms
3) Heat oil in wok
4) Fry garlic, onion and tauchu
5) Once fragrant, add in chicken
6) Add mushroom and potatoes
7) Add water
8) Add gula melaka and dark soya sauce
9) Let it simmer

Please note that the measurement for the ingredients are agak-agak. Watch this video for the tutorial:

Ethan @ 9Y8M

Tags: Ayam Pongteh, Baba Nyonya dishes, cooking video, Peranakan Nyonya

About the Author: Merryn Tan

6 Comments + Add Comment

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suituapui March 30, 2017 at 5:24 am

That looks absolutely gorgeous! Drooling!!!

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roseliew March 30, 2017 at 6:32 am

Look like your blog is going to turn into your kids’ cooking and recipe blog. ^^

I would like to try Ethan’s ayam pongteh. Never try the original Nyonya ayam pongteh but I did cooked once. Not sure if it is tasted like that.

You trained your boys well to cook. Mine?? Haha. The girl not even dare to flip the food in the pan. Lol.

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Choi Yen March 30, 2017 at 2:54 pm

I like how you cover the pestle and mortar with plastic bag so that the ingredients don’t “flying” out during the pounding process. But I don’t have it, can I just slice the garlic & onion thinly instead of pounding them?

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mun March 30, 2017 at 5:23 pm

By the looks of things, very soon you will retire from cooking and both your boys can take over.

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Angeline March 31, 2017 at 11:22 am

Nice.. I enjoy watching their videos..

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Twilight Man April 5, 2017 at 3:13 pm

Whoa! What a brilliant idea to use a plastic to cover while he pounded. I always used a kitchen towel instead which could not protect so well like this plastic bag! Clever mummy!

I love to eat Melaka’s Ayam Pongteh with lots of rice. I found several restaurants in KL that served less fragrant & sweet like those in Melaka. The chefs were probably not Peranakan but Banglakan. LOLOL

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I am a mother to two boys; Ethan and Ayden and a wife to Darling William. I'm a stay at home mum who blogs to break the monotony of life and to avoid feeling jaded. Would love to get to know all the Super Mommies and Daddies and Babies or Singles out there with the hope that we can learn more from each other. Most of all, I am a happy person, and I hope YOU are too.