Recipe - Green Chile Chicken

(The Indian Cookbook; Prava
Majumder, ISBN: 9971 65 167
X, 1980,
Times Books International;
Times Centre, 1 New
Industrial Road,
Singapore 1953)

1 chicken (about 3 lbs.), cut into 8 pieces 4 oz. yoghurt 2 onions, finely
grated & ground 1 slice (1inch) ginger, grated 6 garlic cloves 3 tsp.
cumin powder 1 tsp. black pepper, crushed 1 tsp. sugar salt to taste 2 lb.
chiles, green, whole, stems removed 2 oz. melted butter or oil 2 cinnamon
sticks 4 cardamom pods 1 Tbs. lime juice

Marinate chicken 4 hours with yoghurt, ground ingredients, crushed black
pepper, sugar, and salt.

Heat butter or oil over medium heat, lightly fry cinnamon and cardamom one
minute. Add cut or sliced up onions and stirfry until light brown. Add chicken, stir
10 minutes, cover, reduce heat, and simmer.

When chicken is halfcooked, spread green chiles on top so that the chicken
is completely covered. Sprinkle lime juice over the chiles. Recover and
cook over very low heat until chicken is tender.

Remove from heat when very little gravy remains.

Serve chicken with chiles on top.

Serve with chapati or steamed rice.

Serves 8.

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST V4 #130 by Brent Thompson
brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com on Sep 20, 1997