Chicken Rendang Flavored Cookies

Recipe by

QL Omega Eggs

Preparation time40 minutes

Cooking time20 minutes

Makes40 pieces

¼ cup oil

125 g butter

50 g icing sugar

250 g plain flour

1QL Omega Egg

2 tbsp rendang paste

1QL Omega Egg White

Chicken serunding/floss for topping

To Make Rendang Paste

1cinnamon

1star anise

3cardamom pods

1 tsp tamarind pulp + 1/4 cup warm water

2kaffir lime leaves

1 tbsp kerisik

Sugar and salt to taste.

To Make Rendang Paste (To Blend)

5shallots

1 inch galangal

1 inch ginger

½ inch fresh turmeric

2lemongrass, white part

4 cloves garlic

10dried chilies, cut and soaked in warm water to deseeded

Blend all rendang paste ingredients to fine texture.
In a pan, heat up oil and sauté the cinnamon, star anise, cardamom for 2 minutes. Then add in the blended rendang paste and sauté on medium heat until fragrant. Pour in tamarind juice and simmer on low heat until it is slightly dried up.
Add in kaffir lime leaves, kerisik , sugar and salt. Lower the heat and simmer until the paste becomes dark red and dry. Set aside to cool.
Cream butter and icing sugar until fluffy, then add in QL Omega Egg and rendang paste. Combine well . Fold in flour into the mixture to form a dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Slightly flatten the dough and cut the dough by cookie cutter into desire shape. Make an indentation in the center of each cookie by press down with the thumb/a round tip. Brush with egg white.
Bake in preheated oven at 180⁰C for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool. Top with some chicken serunding/ floss before serve.

QL Chef Tips:

To shorten preparation time, readymade rendang paste can be use as substitute.
If you would like to have stronger rendang flavor in the cookies, you can add additional 1 tbsp of the rendang paste.

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