Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Chicken Curry

Ingredients :

1 whole chicken (skinned and cut into 16 pieces)
3 potatoes (cut into 4)
1 big tomato (cut into 8)
1/2 cup coconut milk / Ideal milk
2 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of corriander seeds (toasted and grinded into powder)
5 tablespoon of Baba's chicken curry powder
4 tablespoon of chili powder
some corriander leaves (chopped)
2 cups of water
2 tablespoon of ghee
3 tablespoon of oil

GROUP A
2 big onion
2 inx\ches of ginger
4 cloves of garlic

GROUP B
2 cinnamon stick
5 cloves
4 star aniseed
5 cardamon seeds
2 pandan leave (tied in knot)
2 stalk of lemon grass
2 stalk of curry leaves

Method :

Grind ingredients from Group A and leave it aside. Heat up a wok and add the ghee and oil in. Then add Ingredients from Group B and stir it until its fragrant. Then add the Group B ingredients which is now in paste form. After about 1 minute, add the chili powder in, together with the potatoes. Add water to it and let it come to a boil. After about 5 minutes, add the chicken in along with curry powder and salt. Lower the flame and let the chicken and potatoes cook slowly by covering the wok for 10 minutes. Once the chicken and potatoes becomes tender, add the tomatoes in, together with the coconut or ideal milk in. Let is come to boil again, add corriander powder to it and leave for another 2 to 3 minutes depending on how much gravy you want. Add the chopped corriander leaves before dishing it out. Best served with chapathi, white rice or just plain bread.

Serving Size : 8 person
Preparation Time : 30 minutes

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