Chicken Curry ( Tamilnadu)

Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken, cubed
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cinnamon sticks, broken
• 4 cloves
• 5 cashew nuts or blanched almonds, chopped
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 tablespoon fresh gingerroot, grated
• 1 tablespoon garlic, crushed and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 chicken stock cube

Directions

1. 1

   In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions with the cinnamon sticks, cloves, nuts and cuury leaves. Cook till the onion starts to soften.

2. 2

   Add the cubed chicken and fry for 4 minutes.

3. 3

   Add all of the other ingredients, crumble the stock cube, stir, reduce heat to minimum.

4. 4

   Cover the pan with a lid and continue cooking till the chicken is done and the juices form the gravy.