Chicken In Yogurt And Almond Curry

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 kg boneless chicken (deskinned) or 4 chicken legs (deskinned)
• 1 tablespoon ginger (grated)
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder (to taste!)
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 cups plain yogurt, if possible stabilized
• 3 green cardamoms, crushed
• 2 cloves
• 1/2 salt (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons almonds (ground)
• 1/4 garam masala (for topping)
• 1 tablespoon almonds, splits (for topping, roasted)

Recipe

• 1 place chicken in a bowl and coat well with ginger and garlic.
• 2 heat the oil in a pot and roast at medium heat the chicken for about 5-10 minutes.
• 3 add chili, garam masala and coriander.
• 4 cook for 2 more minutes turning once.
• 5 add yogurt, cardamom, cloves and salt.
• 6 cook 5 minutes.
• 7 turn once the chicken and cook covered 20 more minutes.
• 8 add almond ground and cook additional 5 minutes or until through. if the sauce is not thick enough you can add more almonds ground or some roasted flour if you have.
• 9 place chicken with sauce on serving dishes and top with garam masala and almonds.
• 10 serve with rice or naans and vegetables of course!
• 11 note: to the spices you can add turmeric, ginger powder, cumin, curry leaves, bay leaves or simply more of the proposed quantities.