Cap Cay

Name: Cap Cay
Ingredients: 300 gr chicken fillet, cut in cubes; 200 gr cauliflower; 100 gr sugar peas; 2 pc carrots, thinly sliced; 2 pc spring onions, slice in 1cm length; 1½ tsp chicken broth powder; ½ tsp pepper; 750 ml hot water; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsp corn starch mix with 50 ml cold water; 2 tsp salt or to taste; 1 cm fresh ginger, finely chopped; 2 gloves garlic, bruised, finely chopped

Source: Cahyanti, a friend as well as ex colleague

Ingredients

300 gr chicken fillet, cut in cubes
200 gr cauliflower
100 gr sugar peas
2 pc carrots, thinly sliced
2 pc spring onions, slice in 1cm length
1½ tsp chicken broth powder
½ tsp pepper
750 ml hot water
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp corn starch mix with 50 ml cold water
2 tsp salt or to taste

Spice to chop

1 cm fresh ginger, finely chopped
2 gloves garlic, bruised, finely chopped

Cap Cay

One of our family favorite recipe. If you read this recipe, the name sounds like a Chinese food. But if you are in China and ask for this dish at any restaurant, I guarantee, you'll never find it or perhaps nobody knows or ever hear about it. It's a little bit strange, isn't it ??!! 🙂

It was said, Cap Cay was created by ethnic Chinese descent who migrated to Indonesia hundred of years back. When and who has created this recipe nobody knows, but one thing I know for sure: This a simple but perfect recipe to warm up your cold winter days 😉

Instructions

Heat 1 tbsp margarine in a saucepan or wok. Sautee the chooped ginger and garlics over medium heat until fragrant.
Add the chicken, stir and cook until the chicken becomes harder and it's colour turns to white.
Add the hot water, salt, sugar, pepper and chicken broth powder. Bring all over medium heat to boil.
Add carrot, sugar peas and cauli flower. Cook until the vegetable becomes tender (make sure it's not overcooked).
Add the spring onion. Cook shortly until just wilted. Adjust the seasoning, add salt or sugar if necessary.
Add the corn starch, stir quickly and cook until the soup becomes thicker. Remove from heat and serve hot and garnish with fried shallots/onions.

Tipps

If preferred, you can replace the chicken with sausage, meatballs, squid, shrimp or mix match from them. Vegetables can also be varied to suit your taste.
Some reference book suggest of adding oyster sauce into Cap Cay. Please add if you like.

Endang Lestari

Keyword Cap Cay, cauliflower, chicken, Indonesia, sugar peas, vegetable