East Indian Chicken Green Curry

Spiced up

Ingredients

• 750gms chicken
• 1/2 bunch mint leaves
• 1/2 bunch coriander leaves
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoon vegetable oil
• salt to taste
• 1 medium sized onion
• 1 medium sized tomato
• 1 green chilly
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 finger ginger
• 5 pepper corns
• 5 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 stick cinnamon
• 3 green cardamom

Instructions

STEP 1:

Mix yogurt, salt and turmeric into the chicken and keep aside.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

meanwhile make a paste by grinding mint leaves coriander leaves, green chilly, ginger and garlic. (add very little water only if required)

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

take oil in a saucepan add cumin seeds, pepper corns, bay leaf, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon sticks and saute until cumin splutters.

STEP 6:

add onion and saute until translucent.

STEP 7:

add the paste and close lid and cook in low flame

STEP 8:

bring to boil

STEP 9:

add chicken along with the yogurt used to marinate and tomatoes.

STEP 10:

close lid and cook in low flame. Bring to boil.

STEP 11:

chicken leaves water.

STEP 12:

cook on high flame uncovered until water evaporates to make a thick paste.

STEP 13:

STEP 14:

goes well with the indo – persian rice.