Chicken Kurma

How to cook Chicken Kurma

INGREDIENTS:

• 600 gram chicken
• 2 cup thin coconut milk - extracted from 1 grated coconut
• 1 cup thick coconut milk
• ½ cup oil
• 2 star anise
• 2 red chillies
• 3 cloves
• cardamoms
• 3 cm piece cinnamon stick
• 3 cm piece ginger
• 4 cloves garlic
• 6 shallots
• 4 tbsps kurma powder

PREPARATION:

· Pound 3 shallots and 2 cloves garlic together.

· Mix with kurma powder and 1 tsp water. Blend well into paste.

· Slice finely the remaining shallots and garlic.

· Heat oil and fry the sliced shallots and garlic with the spices until fragrant.

· Add in the blended kurma powder and fry further until oil separates.

· Add in the chicken and 1 cup water. Cook until the beef is tender.

· Pour in the thick coconut milk, bring to boil and pour it in the thin milk.

· season with salt to taste and cook further over a low flame until the gravy is thick.

· Add in the large onion and red chillies. Stir once and remove from rice.