Sunday, July 20, 2008

Chicken Curry



Ingredients
:
Chicken 150-200 gm
Red onion (chopped) ½ cup
Tomatoes (chopped) 2
Chili powder 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 2 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
pepper powder 1 1/2 tsp
salt to taste
coriander leaves
Curry leaves
To grind:
Small onions-1 cup(grind it separately)
Poppy seeds 1 tsp
Red chilies 5
Grated coconut 2 tsp
Coriander-cumin seeds 1 tsp
Whole garam masala 1 tsp (all together juz 1 tsp will do)
(fennelseeds+clove+cinnamon)
Method



1) Heat the pan, pour oil, roast all the ingredients and grind to a fine paste. Roast the small onions, grind and make a paste and keep it separately
2) Take a deep and heavy pan to 2 tsp of oil ,add ½ tsp of fennel seeds, mustard seeds ,green chilli(optional),chopped onions ,ginger garlic paste and fry them till they are golden brown.

3) Add the masala paste, all the other powders listed, fry it properly and now add the chopped tomatoes, onion paste, and salt.

4) Fry it for around 10 minutes. Add the chicken pieces and mix it .just sprinkle some water (no need to add much water as chicken will cook with the water that comes out from it when it boils).close the pan with a lid, stir at regular intervals of time. let the chicken boil well. This might take around 10 or 15-20 minutes but not more than that.

Finally squeeze lemon juice and water.
Garnish coriander leaves.Chicken tr8!

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