Chicken Vindaloo (Easter Cooking)

Ingredients:

1. 1 kg. small chicken pieces
2. 2 tomatoes
3. 3 onions
4. 1 garlic
5. 1 big piece ginger
6. 1 tsp. powdered mustard
7. 1 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
8. 1 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
9. 3 tsp. vinegar
10. 5 cloves
11. 1 inch cinnamon
12. 1 tsp. fennel seeds
13. 2 cardamoms
14. 1/4 cup oil
15. salt to taste

Method:

• Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
• Slice 2 onions very thin and keep it aside.
• Grind the other onion and all items from 4 to 13 to a fine paste.
• Marinate the chicken pieces with this paste for 3 hours.
• In a heavy bottomed vessel heat oil and saute the sliced onions.
• Now add the marinated chicken pieces and 1/4 cup boiling water. Cover and cook. Mix the contents in between cooking time.
• After the chicken is cooked properly and the masala covers the chicken well, add a pinch of sugar. Mix and take it off the heat.
• Put the chicken vindaloo in a slightly flat dish and garnish with small grated carrots.

Source: Vanitha Magazine April 15-30, 2006