Chicken curry in cream sauce for Zane

Chicken curry in cream sauce for Zane

Well, this one is for little Zane, who loved my recipe. Many of my friends who hesitate to eat spicy Indian food love this dish too! It's a toned down Indian-western fusion recipe of mine which has become a favorite of most. So Zane, enjoy!

Oops, forgot to take a picture!

Ingredients

Chicken 1 pound washed and cut into medium size pieces
Vegetable Oil 2 tbspns
Water – ½ cup (adjust according to gravy consistency)
Yellow onions 2 big sliced thin lengthwise (optional use sweet white onions for less pungency)
Indian green chillies 2 or jalapeno peppers – deseeded for less spice
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tspn (secret ingredient that lends a nice flavor!) - story in India goes that a spoon of fenugreek (methi) seeds everyday in the morning will cure diabetes.....
Ginger paste – 1 tspn
Garlic – 1 tspn
Salt – to taste
Cilantro (coriander) powder – 1 and half tspn
Cumin powder – 1 tspn
Turmeric powder – 1/4th tspn
Red chilli powder – ½ tspn
(The above powders mixed together is what is popularly called curry powder – well, that’s what the British decided to call it) – you can buy the Shan curry powder from Patel brothers – it’s the best!
Heavy whipping cream – ½ cup or more to taste (another secret but rather unhealthy ingredient in this recipe) – Substitute thick whipped yogurt – it’s yummy!

Method

In a non-stick thick pan, heat the oil and fry the fenugreek seeds till you can smell the aroma, then fry the onions along with ginger-garlic paste & peppers till transparent and cooked. Discard the peppers.
Add and fry the chicken pieces for 3-4 minutes. Add the salt and other curry powders and fry for another minute or two.
Add ½ cup of water and boil the chicken and halfway add the cream / yogurt till done. Make sure you don’t add too much water……..

Sprinkle finely chopped cilantro leaves and serve with rice / bread.