Thursday, February 11, 2010

Chicken Curry

Amma Chicken Curry  - Cater for a Family of 6 to 8.
Not milk added - for health cautious people

Ingredient 
1    - Whole chicken - cut into small pieces and clean
3    - Potato - 1 cut in to 2 / 4 as wished.
1    - Big tomato (2 if small tomato) slice small 
3    - table spoon chicken curry powder - you may reduce, as per your taste.
1    - table spoon dried chilly powder - you may reduce, as per your taste.
* salt to taste and a pinch of sugar to boost the taste.

For saute (for frying)
1   - Big Onions - sliced 
3   - shallots - sliced
2   - Cardamom 
1   - Cinnamon stick ( 3 inch )
2   - Cloves 
1   - teaspoon cumin seeds.
1   - stalk lemon grass ( clean and smashed )
1   - pandan leave.(tie a knot)
2   - stalk curry leaves.

Ingredient to be grind
4   - inches ginger
10 - garlic cloves
1   - big onion
3   - shallots
grind all together in to a smooth paste.


for garnishing
some chooped onion leaves / shallots or chai
some chopped corriander leave.

Step 1
take half portion of the blended paste into a big bowl (fit all the chicken pieces well)mix the paste with chicken and some salt and add in the curry powder and dried chilly powder.Mix everything well and Marinade the chicken for about 10 to 20 minutes.

Step 2
Light up the stove, place the cooking pot on the stove.fire up. After the pot is hot, pour in some cooking oil. wait until the oil is hot.Put in the ingredient for saute/frying, started from onion and the other follow. stir until turn brown and put in the potato and saute well. let the potato cook a bit and add in the chicken and tomato slices in the pot. stir and mix well.


Step 3
Cook under slow fire until the chicken release water itself, add in enough water (probably 1 or 2 cup) too much water may lead to watery curry. try avoid too much water. mix well and let the chicken and potato cooked well and you have a thick gravy. Add in salt to taste and a pinch of sugar to boost the taste. Mix well and stop the fire.garnish with corriander leave and shallots.Hot and spicy original chicken curry ready for serve.



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