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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Recipe: Chicken Curry

Ingredients:
  • Chicken - 1/2 lb
  • Onion - 1 big
  • Tomato - 1 big
  • Ginger/Garlic paste - 2 tsp
  • Yogurt - 1/2 cup
  • Chilli powder - 1.5 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 1.5 tsp
  • Turmeric - 1 pinch
  • Garam masala - 1 tsp
  • Pepper - whole - 1 tsp
  • Fennel -
  • Cloves - 2-3
  • Cinnamon - 1 stick
  • Salt to taste
  • Curry leaves
  • Coriander

Directions:
- Grind pepper, and fennel nicely
- Add tomato and onion to this and make a puree
- Pressure cook the chicken, yogurt, turmeric, salt, ginger/garlic paste, and the above puree for about two whistles
- Let is sit still to cool
- Sautee Cloves, Cinnamon and Curry leaves with 1 tablespoon oil in a deep frying pan.
- Now add the cooked chicken, and keep stirring.
- Once it thickens add some coriander
- It is ready to serve now

Suggestions: If you want thicker gravy, you can increase the proportion of onion and tomato.
Goes very well as a side dish for roti, naan etc.

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