Recipe - Lemony Chicken With Fresh Coriander

2 1" cubes fresh ginger,
peeled & coarsely chopped
4 tablespoon Water
6 tablespoon Vegetable oil; *
2 One half pound Chicken parts; skinned **
5 Cloves garlic, peeled and
finely chopped
3 cup Fresh coriander (w/o roots &
lower stems); very finely
chopped (about 200g)
One half Fresh, hot green chilli;
very finely chopped, up to
1
One fourth teaspoon Cayenne
2 teaspoon Ground cumin
1 teaspoon Ground coriander
One half teaspoon Ground turmeric
1 teaspoon Salt
2/3 cup Water
2 tablespoon Lemon juice

* Try 3T oil. ** 6 kip filets; pound thicker part slightly to flatten.
[Translation: A kip filet is a skinned, boned, chicken breast half.]

Put the giner and 4 tablespoons of the water into the container of an
electric blnder.

Blend until you have a paste. [Not very pastelike, but still worked.]

Heat the oil in a wide, heavy, preferably nonstick pot over a mediumhigh
flame.

When hot, put in as many chicken pieces as the pot will hold in a single
layer and

brown on both sides. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon and put
them in a bowl. Brown all the chicken pieces this way.

Put the garlic into the same hot oil. As soon as the pieces turn a medium
brown color, turn heat to medium and pour in the paste from the blender.
Stir and fry it for a minute. Now add the fresh coriander, green chili,
cayenne, ground cumin, ground coriander,

turmeric, and salt. Stir and cook for a minute. Put in all the chicken
pieces as well as any liquid that might have accumulated in the

chicken bowl. Also add 2/3 cup water and the lemon juice. [I added this
first and stirred before putting in chicken.] Stir and bring to a boil.
Cover tightly, turn heat to low, and cook for 15 minutes. Turn the chicken
pieces over. Cover again and cook another 1015 minutes or until chicken is
tender. If the sauce is too thin, uncover the pot and boil some of it away
over a slightly

higher heat.
Recipe By : Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (p73)

Posted to EATL Digest 7 November 96

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 08:50:15 +0100

From: Kaye Sykes Sykes.Kaye@UNIFACE.NL

Serving Ideas : Serve with Spiced Basmati Rice.

NOTES : Extremely yummy! This is a nice company dish; it's easy and it
doesn't need

much attention for the last half hour.