Anyone have a great recipe for Indian and or Indonesian Curry Chicken. I've tried different ones found on the web but am looking for a homemade recipe.
This comes out very well for about 1 kg of chicken without skin.(No skin in Indian chicken recipies)
Marinade:
Yogurt: Enough to cover the chincken in
Tandoori chicken masala ( available at all Indian stores here): About 2 heaped teaspoons
Ginger paste : about 2 tsp
Garlic paste: abt 2 tsp
Red color or Red chilli powder called Kashmiri Chilli powder: 1/4 tsp (or less if you dont want any spice)
Marinate the cleaned and cut chicken,make a couple of diagonal slits on the surface of the chicken.
Cover the marinade and leave in the fridge for atleast 6-7 hrs.
Curry :
Onions : About 2 red onions (medium size)Blended
Tomatoes:3-4 blended
Method: Keep gas on low after oil heats up
1.Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan , add fennel , then add all whole spices.Let them sputter for a couple of seconds
Add some ginger and garlic paste
Add blended onions to the oil mix,
Keep mxing and moving this mixture till the onions start turning brown.Add water the minute you have the brown color to prevent the onions from burning.
Add tomatoes as soon as the onions brown
and the powder spices.
Add salt as per taste.
Keep mixing and moving the mixture in the wok/pan till the oil and tomato/onion paste leaves the oil on the sides of pan.
Keep adding water if mixture dries up before that.
Once this is done add the marinated chicken with the marinade, move it around in the mixture for a while.
Add water to this and cover , all the while the flame should be on low.
It should take about 30-45 min for the chicken to get done.Keep checking the chicken , and turning it over.
I've seen Tandoori Chicken Masala in Citysuper and Great... Kashmiri chilli powder has a bright red color and is 4 on the chilli scale ie less hot compared to the standard chilli. It gives a lovely red color when added to any dish. I think you can substitute normal red chilli powder for taste and color.