CURRY AMBILLA- A TYPICAL KRISTANG CURRY
RECEIPE EXTRACTED FROM A PUBLICATION CALLED `LINGGU MAI’ BY JOAN MARGARET MARBECK
TODAY’S CURRY AMBILLA HAS BEEN MADE WITH BEEF AND EGGPLANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO PORK AND LONG BEANS
In English
Ingredients
1 kg Pork
10-15 long beans (broken into 2″ pieces) a handful of wet tamarind, salt, sugar
2 — 3 cups of water
3/4 cup cooking oil
Wet herb paste
20 shallots
10 pips garlic
15 dried chillies
6 candle nuts or almonds
3 stalks lemon grass
1 small piece fresh turmeric
1 small piece ginger
a little belacan (shrimp paste) optional clean and cut all the above and then ‘blend’
Method
Heat oil in pot. Fry blended ingredients till aromatic and oil is seen to come to the sides of fried herb paste. Put in meat and fry. Pour in a cup of water and continue to fry. Then stir in the long beans and another cup of water. Allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes until beans are cooked. Squeeze tamarind in another cup of water and take away tamarind seeds. Pour the rest in and keep stirring. If curry looks dry, add a little more water. Put in salt and sugar to taste. Served with long grain fragrant rice. Pork Ambilla Curry is really nice!
In Kristang
Kuzeh Kari Ambilla
Fazeh Kari Ambilla kung porku, Kontu saih retu, dah yo prubah empoku
Angkoza
Unga Kilo Karni (porku, galinya ka baka)
10-15 kacang kumpridu (kortah kurtu)
Mpoku assam jawa, sal, sukri, agu, azeti
Rempah muladu:
20 sabola
10 alu
20 chilly seku
6 buah keras
3 sereh
empedas safrang fresku
empedas gingibri
empedas blacan (kontu gostah)
Fazeh lesti kabah blend tudu
Ki Sorti fazeh
Botah azeti na suspan. Fugah rempah muladu ateh azeti saih di riba rempah. Kabah botah karni rentu. Frizi empoku, mistura retu-retu kung mpoku agu. Intra kacang kumpridu. Campurah tudu kung masunga kopi di agu. Picah kung kubrih suspan dah eli kuzih pra kinzi minitu ateh karni kung kacang jah kuzih. Botah mas agu kontu kari to fikah seku. Antis di lantah kari di fogu, botah agu assam,sal kung sukri. Kumih kung aros brangku, mia mai. Koza sabrozu!