Chicken Curry

Yes, I am Indian, so I thought I should raid my mom's spice rack and try this out:

Contrary to belief, it's really not that complicated to make real Indian food. It's just that there are a million ingredients that you need to gather and organize before hand.


Ingredients:

5-6 pieces of Chicken. With bone. No skin. I like legs and thighs. Salt it.

Insane amount of onions, sliced

Whole Spices:
a spoonful of Cumin seeds,
1-2 black cardamom,
2" of cinnamon,
4-5 cloves,
1-2 Bay leaves,
5-6 whole peppercorns,
a few coriander seeds (optional)

Ground Spices:
1-2 tsp Turmeric,
1-2 tsp red chili (ground, not crushed!)
Salt

Paste:
Tomatoes from a can (can be tomato paste, sauce, diced, whatever)
3-4 cloves garlic
1" cube ginger

Garam (Hot) Masala
You can get it at any Indian store (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala)

Cilantro


Directions:

In a pan, add a little bit of oil, roast all the dried spices, add chicken and onions. Brown them. add the ground spices, the tomato-garlic-ginger paste and cover and let everything cook through. Then add however much water for the amount of curry that you like and bring to a boil. I dont like too much curry as you can see in the picture. Sprinkle with garam masala and cilantro.

Enjoy! That wasn't really that hard was it?

P.S. There is no such thing as curry powder in India.
PP.S. Garam Masala can be used as spice rub for many sorts of meats. I'd say it's a good investment.