Indian Chicken Curry Simmered In a Tea Sauce

Ingredients

Curry Cut Chicken(Skinless pieces of whole chicken) 1 kg

Onions (medium sized) 3

Tomatoes (medium sized) 2

Ginger paste 2 teaspoons

Garlic paste 2 teaspoons

Black tea 1/2 cup

Oil 2 teaspoons

Cloves 2-3

Cinnamon 1 inch

Fenugreek seeds 3-4

Coriander powder 3 teaspoons

Red chili powder 2 teaspoons

Kasuri methi(Dried fenugreek leaves) 2 teaspoons

Salt as required

For Marinade

Whey 3 cups

Red chili powder 2 teaspoons

Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice 2 tablespoons

Salt as required

For garnish

Oil 2 teaspoons

Onion 1

Sugar 1 teaspoon

Salt as required

Steps

1. Clean the chicken pieces thoroughly. Take all the ingredients of the marinade, mix it together and pour over the chicken. Rub it into the chicken pieces and refrigerate for 4 hours. For the people who are wondering what whey is, it's the water that collects on top of curd/yogurt. If you don't have whey, simply drain the youghurt into a mislin cloth and use the water that collects.

2. Chop the onions and the tomatoes.

3. Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a wok/kadhai.

4. Fry the cloves, cinnamon and fenugreek till the aromas are released. Add the onions into this. Saute till they become transparent.

5. Add the tomatoes. When the tomatoes are half cooked, add the ginger and garlic paste. allow to cook till the raw smell leaves.

6. Add the dry spices and cook till the oil is released from them.

7. Now add the chicken pieces along with the marinade, add the tea and kasuri methi, cook on low till the chicken pieces are done.

8. The sauce will be a little thin at this point, but that's okay because it will thicken as the curry sits.

9. Take a pan, heat oil. Add thinly sliced onions and saute on low flame. Then add the sugar and allow the onions to caramelise.

10. Season with a little salt and top over the chicken curry. Serve hot with rice or flatbreads like rotis, phulkas or kerala porottas.

Note:

All the spiced mentioned are available in most asian stores. I used a normal Indian tea. You can get excellent results with chai tea or masala tea also.

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