Chicken Curry without Coconut

Chicken Curry without Coconut

Ingredients

500 gm chicken
3 medium sized onions, chopped
3 cm piece ginger, julienned
4 tsp oil
1 tsp salt
4 medium tomatoes,chopped
1 stalk curry leaves

Ground to a fine paste

10 shallots,chopped
3 cm piece ginger,chopped
8 clove garlic ,chopped
10 dry red chillies,torn into pieces
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds (badi saunf)
20 black peppercorns
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 cup water

Method

1. Cut chicken into 5 cm pieces, wash well and drain

2. Heat oil in a pan, add onions and fry till translucent.

3. Mix in ground paste and fry for 2 minutes. Remove half the onions- spice paste from pan and set aside.

4. Add chicken, ginger and salt to pan and saute till chicken is cooked.

5. Mix in tomatoes, Curry leaves and 3/4 cup water, and cook over low heat till oil separates.

6. Stir in reserved onions- spice paste and remove from heat.

7. Serve with rice or porotat, Appam or idiappam