World Wide Meal -Chicken Curry

Chicken curry is a simple dish to prepare. Just don't skip all the spices to get that wonderful smell and rich hot taste.

This dish can provide a meat substitute for tarkari in a dal bhat meal. It is also wonderful by itself accompanied with some rice.

Preparation time: 1 hr.

Difficulty level: Easy

Servings: 10

Ingredients

1 Kg (2 lbs 3 oz) chicken breast

2 medium onions

5 cloves garlic

2 cm fresh ginger

2 tomatoes

2 dry chili peppers

1 tbsp. coriander seeds

1 tbsp. cumin seeds

1 tsp. fenugreek seeds

3 cloves

1 tsp. turmeric

1 tsp. black pepper

1 tsp. salt

1/2 cup cilantro

mustard oil

Dice the meat into 2 cm cubes. chop the onions finely, slice the garlic and grate the ginger.

Mix the chicken cubes with turmeric, black pepper and salt and let marinate for 20-30 minutes.

In a small pan dry-roast all the seeds and cloves, then grind coarsely in a spice grinder.

Deseed and chop the chili peppers.

In a wok or a large frying pan heat 1/2 cup mustard oil over medium-up heat.

Add the ground spices and after 10 seconds add the chopped onion and the chili.

Sauté until the onion is translucent and then add the garlic and the ginger and sauté 1 min more.

Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes.

Chop the tomatoes and add to the pan. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and cook for 10 mins.

Remove the cover and add between 1/2 to 1 1/2 cups of boiling water depending on the desired thickness of the gravy.

Let simmer for another 10 minutes until the chicken is tender.

Garnish with chopped cilantro.