Aromatic Chicken Rice

Description
The famous Hainanese chicken rice has become one of Malaysian's favourite rice dish.

Ingredients
For rice and chicken:
 * 2 cups long-grain rice, rinsed
 * chicken pieces (you can use your favourite parts)
 * 1 cm ginger, shredded finely
 * 1 cm garlic, minced
 * 3 cloves
 * 1 cinnamon stick
 * 2 screwpine leaves
 * salt to taste

For chilli sauce:
 * 5 fresh red chillies
 * 1 cm ginger
 * 1 lime
 * 1 clove garlic
 * 1 tsp vinegar
 * sugar
 * soya sauce or salt

Directions
In a saucepan, fry garlic and ginger in hot oil until golden and fragrant. Add rice, cloves and cinnamon stick and fry for 2 minutes. Add screwpine leaves, pour in enough chicken stock to cook rice.
 * 1) Cook chicken in water with screwpine leaves and salt for 20 to 30 minutes (do not overcook). Remove chicken, reserving stock for rice.
 * 1) Put ginger, red chillies and garlic in a food processor and grind. Add vinegar, soya sauce/salt and sugar according to taste. Squeeze a little lime before serving. You should have a hot, sweet and sour sauce.
 * 2) Serve the rice with the chicken pieces garnished with sliced cucumber and chillie sauce. Serves 2.