Cooking Recipe Chicken Kurma
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
* skinned, boned and cut into about 2 inch pieces
Grind cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander and cumin seeds with
turmeric until you have a powder. Chop garlic and ginger into a
paste. Combine both mixtures with yogurt and salt. Add chicken to
this mixture and marinate 2-3 hours.
Grind poppy seeds, cashews and almonds in a blender or spice mill
until you have a powder. Combine with coconut and set aside. Heat
ghee in a large skillet and cook onions until golden brown. Add poppy
seed mixture and mix well.
Put chicken and yogurt marinade into a heavy bottom pot. Add onion
mixture, fresh chiles, half the cilantro and 1 1/2 cups water. Cook,
uncovered, until chicken is tender and sauce thickens.
Courtesy, Sue Sista of "Sue's India Cuisine", San Jose and Mountain
View. From the San Jose Mercury News, 6/9/93.