Ingredients

  • 1 lbs chicken, cleaned and cut into pieces
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 10 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 inch piece of ginger
  • For the curry
  • 3 tblsp cooking oil
  • 4 cloves (laung)
  • 4 whole green cardamoms (hari ilaichi)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 large cinnamon stick
  • 200 g gongura leaves
  • 1 large onion thinly chopped
  • 1 stem large curry leaves

Method

  • Boil the chiken and ginger garlic with some salt in a pressure cooker.
  • Fish out the ginger garlic and make a paste of it and keep aside.
  • Now in a pan heat oil and add all the whole spices.
  • Once they start spluttering, add the ginger garlic paste, green chilies and then the onions.
  • Saute till it becomes pink in color and then add the gongura leaves, curry leaves and all the ground spices and salt.
  • Saute till the oil is separated from the mixture.
  • Now add the chicken pieces and saute for five minutes so that they et well wrapped with the spices paste.
  • Then add water for curry and boil till it thickens
  • Garnish with fresh coriander or mint leaves