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Timorese Caril

Name: Timorese Caril
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Timor-Leste
Ingredients: 500g Chicken Thigh; 2 Potato; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tbsp Curry Powder; 1 Bay leaf; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken and potatoes simmered with coconut milk and curry powder — East Timor's Portuguese-derived curry.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Caril is Portuguese for 'curry,' a dish that came from places like Goa in India during Portuguese rule and took root in East Timor. Chicken and potatoes are simmered mild with coconut milk and curry powder, and it's eaten with rice as a Sunday or holiday treat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in a Dili home, a pot of yellow coconut milk curry is set next to a big platter of white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 500g
Potato 2
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Curry Powder 2 tbsp
Bay leaf 1
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the sliced onion, garlic, and ginger.
Add the curry powder and cook until fragrant.
Add the bite-size chicken and stir-fry, then add the diced potatoes and bay leaf.
Add the coconut milk and salt and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
Serve with rice.

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