Chicken in Coconut Milk

Chicken in Coconut Milk
(Adobo sa Gata)

Prepare 1/2 fresh chicken cut into pieces. wash and drain.
Meantime, crushed and fine chop garlic about 6 cloves,
sliced ginger about 4 pieces the size of thumb (if your thumb is big then 2).
sliced 2 medium red onions, 1/2 tspoon black pepper powder,
3/4 cup coconut powder (Maggi is very good for this) or your can used fresh but its very difficult to extract.
3/4 cup water if coconut powder is used.
Sauté garlic in 5 tbspoon cooking oil,
when close to becoming golden brown, add ginger, stir after 5 mins. add onion, when onion is halfway cooked, add pepper then stir add chicken, add fish sauce (patis) simmer till 70 percent cooked. dissolve the coconut powder to 3/4 cup of water then add simmer for about 15-20 mins till the sauce is sticky. That's it.