SIMPLE CHICKEN CURRY

I still remember my childhood days, when every Sunday we use to look forward to eating my mom's special cooking. Lunches were the focal point of our lazy sundays. And simple chicken curry with rice was my all time favourite. I don't know what it is with mother's cooking, simple things feel so comforting and long after those years I crave for such simple pleasures every now and then. 

the thanksgiving weekend was spent with my brother who came down from LA for the long weekend. Missed my husband who is on a fortnight trip to India. (He is returning on Tuesday)

I made chicken curry with rice and it brought back all those memories of  our lazy sunday afternoons. Though I prepared the chicken curry just the same way as mom would do, but still it was not the same. none the less, here is the recipe

You will need

chicken-1 pound

onion paste- 1 cup

tomato puree- 1/2 cup

ginger garlic and green chilly paste-1 tbsp

red chilly powder- 1 tsp

turmeric powder- 1 tsp

tandoori masala powder- 2 tsp

salt - to taste

oil- 1 tbsp

cilantro- for garnishing

You have to

1. wash the chicken well
   
2. heat oil in a pan. add the ginger garlic and green chilly paste.saute
   
3. add the onion paste. saute till the onion turns brown.
   
4. add the red chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt. add around 1/2 cup of water and cook the masala well.
   
5. once the oil begins to seperate add the chicken. cook on low flame. 
   
6. keep cooking on low till the chicken begins to get tender. add some water.
   
7. add the tomato puree, mix, cover and cook.
   
8. cook till the chicken becomes soft and the gravy thickens. 
   
9. add the tandoori masala, garnish with cilantro.
   
10. serve with plain rice and or chapatis. 
    

enjoy.

will be posting another chicken recipe soon.

till then eat well