Flaming Chicken Curry

For spicy lovers!

Ingredients

• * chicken meat diced to bite size and punctured with fork to soften
• * basil, cumin seeds, cloves and mint leaves for flavour
• * turmeric powder
• * chili powder + fresh green chilies if you want more heat
• * flavourless, sugarless curd
• * onions and tomatoes sliced thinly
• * garlic and ginger grated or pureed (paste will also do)
• * optional potato / boiled egg
• recipe also good for beef

Instructions

STEP 1:

* mix couple spoonfuls curd and sprinkle some salt to the diced meat, let sit for 15-30 minutes or left overnight

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

* heat up olive oil in a wok, toss in cumin seeds, cloves and basil leaves and let fry a little bit

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

* pour half cup of water, toss in onions, tomatoes and ginger garlic puree, mix in one tablespoon of each turmeric and chili powder, let simmer for 1 minute

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

* put in the curd chicken (optional potato and boiled egg too) add 3 more tablespoons of curd

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

* add more water to cover the meat, season with salt and pepper, toss in mint leaves and green chili at this point

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

* let simmer on low heat until gravy thickens to 1/4 initial volume

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

* serve with naan, pratha, or rice