Chicken Curry / Chicken Amti
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
My mom has a touch of magic to her hands. The dish would look really simple, the recipe would look simple too. But the taste is great. It has always been like that. Most of my recipes are from my mom and you would understand its true if you tried them. She never ceases to amaze me, in all the senses. This chicken curry is from my mom too (though she doesn't eat, she cooks it deliciously). Its always been a success in my family.
Here goes the recipe:
Ingredients:
1) Chicken - 1/2 lbs
2) Big Onion - 1
3) Tomatoes - 2
4) Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
5) Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
6) Red chillies - 2 or 3 (or according to your taste)
7) Coriader seeds - 2 tbsp
8) Cinnamon - 1 or 2
9) Cloves - 3
10) Coconut - 1/2 cup
11) Roasted gram - 2 tsp
12) Black pepper - 1 tsp
13) Oil - 4 tsp
14) Salt - as required
Direction:
1) In a pressure cooker, heat oil and add chopped onion and fry till its done.
2) Add Ginger garlic paste, after its done, add chopped tomato and turmeric powder and cook until its done.
3) Add chicken pieces and mix thoroughly on medium flame for 5 mins. Add salt and 1 cup water. Then cover the lid and cook for 3 whistles.
4) In a separate pan, heat oil and fry cinnamon, cloves, pepper, red chillies, roasted gram, coriander seeds and coconut one by one. Cool it and grind it into a smooth paste and keep aside.
5) After the pressure is gone, Open the cooker and heat the chicken along with the ground paste. Boil in medium flame for 5 minutes.
6) Garnish with cilantro.
