Vij Familys Chicken Curry My Version Recipes

VIJ FAMILY CHICKEN CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat oil on medium for 1 minute. Add onions and cinnamon, sauté for 5 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another 4 minutes. Add ginger, tomatoes, salt, pepper, turmeric, cumin, coriander, garam masala, and cayenne. Cook for 5 minutes or until the oil separates from the masala. Remove and discard skin from chicken. Wash thighs and add to masala. Cook for 10 minutes, until chicken looks cooked on outside. Add sour cream and water and stir well. Increase heat to medium high. When curry starts to boil, reduce to medium, cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring 2 or 3 times, until chicken is completely cooked. Poke thighs with a knife, if meat is pink, cook for 5 more minutes. Remove and discard cinnamon stick. Cool curry for 30 minutes. Transfer cooled chicken to mixing bowl. Peel meat off bones, wearing latex gloves. Stir meat back into curry. Just before serving, heat curry on medium until it starts to boil lightly. Stir in cilantro. Serve with rice and naan.

VIJ FAMILY'S CHICKEN CURRY - MY VERSION

Steps:

• Heat the oil on medium.
• Add the onions and the cinnamon stick and sauté until the onions turn golden (5-8 minutes).
• Add garlic and cook for another 4 minutes.
• Add ginger, tomatoes and your spice mix (salt, black pepper, turmeric, cumin, coriander, garam masala and cayenne). Cook for 5 minutes or until the oil separates.
• Now in with the chicken:.
• Skin the chicken rinse them (you can do this while the masala cooks).
• Add chicken to the masala, turning and coating the pieces well.
• Cook for 10 minutes, until the chicken starts to brown.
• Stir in the sour cream and water and increase the heat to medium-high.
• Wait for a boil, reduce heat and cover. Cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked, being sure to stir the pot a few times.
• When your chicken is cooked, remove the pan from the heat. Fish out the cinnamon and let your food cool for 30 minutes or more. Remove the chicken from the pot and its meat from its bones before adding the meat back into the masala.
• Before serving, heat it all up again on medium heat until it starts to simmer. Remove from the heat, stir in cilantro.