Sri Lanka Kukul Mas Chicken Curry

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/4		Chicken
3		Ginger
2		Garlic cloves
50		Shallots
1		Chile - fresh
2		Cardamom
2		Clove
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Chile powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Paprika
25		Tamarind squeezed in
50		-water
25		Curry powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Turmeric
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
10		Milligrams cinnamon stick
50		Oil
1/2		Lemon grass stem
		Curry leaf sprigs
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Fenugreek
300		Coconut milk - thick
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Curry powder
1/2		Lime - juice of

Recipe Instructions

Wash, clean and joint the chicken. shred the ginger, crush the garlic and slice the shallots and chile. Crush the cardamoms and cloves and place in a bowl. Add the ginger, garlic, chile powder, paprika powder, tamarind water, curry powder, turmeric, salt and cinnamon stick.

Mix well together, then rub into the chicken. Heat the oil in a pan until very hot, then add the lemon grass, curry leaves, fenugreek, shallots and chile and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the chicken pieces and stir fry for 3 minutes.

Pour in the coconut milk and mix well. Continue to cook over a low heat for 40 minutes, or until chicken is tender. Discard the cinnamon stick and transfer to a serving dish. Finally, sprinkle the curry powder and lime juice on top.

Source:
A taste of Sri Lanka" Indra Jayasekera

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