Chicken Curry

By acampman

For when you're feeling a little more dot than feather.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon coriander seed
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 cm. (1 inch) piece ginger
• 2 green chiles
• 3 tablespoons grated coconut
• 3 tablespoons ghee
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 chicken, cut in pieces
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• Juice of 1 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Grind the spices with the garlic, chilies and coconut. Heat the ghee and fry the onion until golden. Add the marsala paste. Fry the marsala paste for 2 minutes. Now put in the chicken pieces and fry well. Add a cup of water, salt and garam marsala and simmer gently till the chicken is tender. Add the lemon juice and serve with rice and dahl.