Saturday, October 23, 2010

Simple Chicken Curry

This recipe gets even simpler if cooked in pressure cooker for 8-10 whistles.
There are many ways to make chicken curry...here's one of them.

4 grated onions
4 tomatoes, pureed
4 tbsp garlic ginger paste
2 dried Kashmiri chilly, split in two
2 bay leaves
salt to taste
4 tsp mix of: turmeric, coriander, garam masala, jeera powder
200 ml water
1 medium sized chicken cut in curry style
2 tbsp cooking oil
Fresh coriander for garnish
Heat oil in a pan or pressure cooker, add the grated onions and saute till red or dark brown.Stir in the ginger garlic paste with chilly. Add chicken pieces with salt, cook stirring occasionally till the water from chicken
dries out. Stir in the tomatoes. cook till the tomato changes to darker colour. Add in the dry spices. stir, add 200 ml water. Cook partially covering the pan on slow fire till the chicken is tender, or in a pressure cooker (8-10 whistles). Garnish with coriander.

2 comments:

  1. Hi, what a nice blog, I love your recipes, I am always in need of Indian recipes as I am working on a ship and Indian Cuisine is a big part of every meal. Keep it up and I know I will pop in from time to time to "steal" a recipe

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  2. Thank you so much..I'm going to try to post recipes more often.

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