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- From: joseph@ubc-medgen (Joseph Sotham)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Chicken curry
- Date: 7 Mar 86 05:10:43 GMT
- Organization: U. of British Columbia, Dept. of Medical Genetics
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-CURRY M "31 Jan 86" 1986
- .RZ "MURGH MUSALLAM" "Chicken curry"
- This recipe is the real thing.
- Throw out your curry powder: you'll never use it again once you've
- tried this recipe. Chicken curry using the real spices cannot be beat!!
- .IH "serves 2\-3"
- .IG "1" "chicken"
- .IG "1 piece" "fresh ginger"
- (about
- .AB "\(34 inch" "2 cm"
- of a ginger root)
- .IG "12\-14" "garlic cloves"
- .IG "1" "large onion"
- .IG "1" "cinnamon stick"
- .IG "2" "whole brown cardamom pods"
- .IG "4" "whole green cardamom pods"
- .IG "1" "whole star anise"
- (use all 8 arms and the seeds inside them)
- .IG "12\-14" "black peppercorns"
- .IG "6\-8" "cloves"
- .IG "1 tsp" "turmeric" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "red chili powder" "5 ml"
- (or substitute fresh red chilies, diced)
- .IG "2" "green chilies"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "yogurt" "125 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "oil" "60 ml"
- (preferably ghee, if available)
- .IG "salt" "to taste"
- .IG "" "fresh coriander leaves"
- (optional)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Clean and joint chicken. If you don't like the skin, remove it.
- .SK 2
- Mash the ginger into a paste (or chop finely) and mince the garlic.
- .SK 3
- Heat oil in a large frying pan. Use ``medium high heat''.
- .SK 4
- Break apart the star anise to release the seeds inside the arms.
- To the frypan, add onions, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, star aniseed,
- peppercorns, cloves, garlic and ginger. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
- Saut\z\(aee until the onions are cooked but not browned.
- .SK 5
- Add the chicken, turmeric, and chili powder and cook on a medium heat,
- stirring often.
- .SK 6
- When the oil starts to separate (the gravy will have oil floating
- on its surface), add the yogurt and cook till the chicken is done and
- the gravy is thick. Finally, add the fresh coriander leaves.
- .NX
- This is the basic recipe. Try varying the whole spice combinations
- until you find a favorite. The recipe doubles well.
- .PP
- A cardamom pod is not the same thing as a cardamom seed. Make sure you get
- the pods. A pod is about the size of a pea, and contains seeds inside it.
- Don't substitute the ground version of any of the whole spices, the effect
- will not be the same. And don't use white cardamom pods.
- .PP
- You may want to remove the smaller whole spices
- prior to adding the yogurt so that unwitting guests don't eat them.
- Try the recommended quantity of garlic. The flavour is surprisingly subtle.
- More yogurt makes more gravy. Also a longer cooking time.
- Vary the amount of chilies to suit your taste. This recipe is medium hot.
- I hope this satisfies your mouth-hunger.
- The spice quantities may be varied to suit your preferences.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy, though timing matters when cooking the onions.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes preparation, 1\(12 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- measure the oil.
- .WR
- Joseph Sotham
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
- joseph@ubc-medgen.cdn
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