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Indian Chicken Curry Recipe

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 pounds whole chicken cleaned and cut into 12 pieces
  • 1 onion - sliced
  • 3 potatoes - quartered
  • 2 tomatoes quartered
  • 2 bay leaves dried
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cardamom
  • 4 cloves
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Handful of chopped cilantro
  • 3 Tbsp of heavy cream see notes
To be blended into a paste
  • 4 tbsp chicken/beef curry powder
  • 3 large onions
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 2 inches ginger
  • 2 green chili

Method
 

  1. In a frying pan or pot, saute sliced onions, bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add blended paste and cook for about 15 minutes.
  3. Turn the heat to medium and cook while stirring occasionally till the oil begins to separate from the paste and the paste is reduced to a dense, golden brown paste.
  4. Add salt, chicken, potato and tomatoes.
  5. Cover the pot and continue cooking for about 15 minutes or till the chicken and potatoes are cooked.
  6. Once the chicken is cooked, add in cream and top with cilantro. Cook for another 2 minutes and remove the curry from the fire.

Notes

If you do now want to use cream in your curry, you can either use 2 tbsp plain yogurt, 1/4 cup of half and half or 1/4 cup of evaporated milk.