Today I cooked some Indian food and yum, my family loves it. Kinda spicy and thick gravy chicken curry related to Kashmir from one of  my recipe books. Ya, it is a long list of recipe but believe me folks, it is worth cooking this dish with fresh ingredients as it truly turns out the kind of curry I expected and qualified as a true Indian curry. Awesome!

Serves 4

Ingredients A

• 10 pcs chicken( thigh with bones or whole chicken cut into pieces )
• 60g garlic
• 2 tbsp fried shallots
• 150g shallots
• 50g mint leaves
• 250ml natural yogurt

• 120g meat curry powder( mixed with water )
• 5 green chilli
• 300g tomatoes
• 30g coriander
• 1 tbsp tomato paste

Ingredients B

• 5 cardamons
• 3 cloves
• 1 inch cinnamon stick

Marinade

• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp tumeric powder

Seasoning

• salt to taste

Method

1. Cut shallots and garlic into slices. Blend green chilli, tomatoes, coriander and tomato paste.
2. Rinse chicken, add in Marinade and set aside.
3. Pour in 1/2 cup oil, fry the shallots and garlic slices until golden brown, add in ingredients B and meat curry powder mixed with water, then stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Add in blended ingredients and fry till it becomes thick, add in chicken, cover the pot and simmer until cooked.
5. Add in yogurt and Seasoning, serve with a sprinkling of fried shallots and mint leaves. Voila!

You can substitute natural yogurt with coconut milk.