Chicken Jhal Frezi

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs skinless chicken pieces
• 3 onions, chopped
• 8 fluid ounces water
• 1 inch fresh gingerroot, grated
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground caraway
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 cinnamon sticks, 2-inch long broken up
• 2 black cardamom pods, split open
• 4 cloves
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 2 fresh green chilies, sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves

Recipe

• 1 cut the chicken joints into two.
• 2 put the chicken in a large pot with half of the onions, water, ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin, caraway, turmeric, chilli powder,cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves. bring to the boil, stir, cover with a lid, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 3 in a separate pan heat the oil and fry the rest of the onions, till golden.
• 4 with a slotted spoon remove the chicken and add to the fried onions. retain the cooking water. fry till the chicken is brown.
• 5 add half of the cooking liquid to the chicken and fry for 5 mins, add the remaining liquid and fry for 5 minutes
• 6 add the salt and tomato puree with the green chillies and coriander leaves, fry for 5 minutes.
• 7 serve with boiled rice and tarka dhal.