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This is a basic recipe for a delicious chicken curry.
Incase you have a chicken/meat masala powder you can use a teaspoon of it instead of the cinnamon,cloves,cardamom and the curry powder and add a 1/4th tsp of chill powder.
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Ingredients :
- Chicken legs/breasts - 500g
- Onion - 2 big sliced
- Tomato - 3 medium sliced
- Fresh Ginger - 1tsp
- Fresh Garlic - 1tsp
- Cinnamon - 1 inch
- Cloves - 2
- Cardamom (Optional) - 2 seeds grounded
- Curry powder - ½ tsp
- Curry leaves - 3-5 leaves
- Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
- Vegetable Oil - 3 tbsp
- Water - 300ml
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves - 3 tbsp
Method:
- Grind the ginger,garlic,cinnamon,cloves,cardamom and tomato to a fine paste.
- Heat oil in a wide deep heavy frying pan.
- Once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds and let it split.
- Add the curry leaves and leave it to sizzle for few seconds
- Don’t let it brown.
- Add the sliced onions and fry them until they turn light brown in color.
- Now mix in the grinded paste along with the curry powder and leave it to fry until the oil splits from the paste.
- Stir in the chicken and fry for a minute.
- Cover the chicken with water and bring it to boil.
- Add salt and let the sauce thicken.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Chapathis/Rice.
