White Chicken

Preparation Time: 20 -25 minutes

Serve for: 3 persons

INDREDIENTS:

1.     Chicken ½ kg (cut and clean)

2.     Onion 1 slices green chillies 5-7 slit or to taste

3.     Tomato ½  chopped

4.     Ginger and garlic paste 1 Tbsp

5.     Curry leaves few

6.     Whole garam masala (cinnamon stick, bay leave, star)

7.     Pepper corn 4

8.     Yoghurt (dahi) 4 Tbsp (beaten)

9.     Fresh coconut milk 1 cup and thin coconut milk ½ cup

10.   Coriander leaves for garnish

11.   Lemon juice 1 tsp

12.   Cashew nut paste 2 Tbsp (optional)

13.   Oil 2 -3 Tbsp

14.    Salt to taste

METHOD:

·    In a non stick vessel add oil and then whole garam masala,onion,curry leaves and green chillies, pepper corn and mix well till onion turn pink

·     Then add ginger and garlic paste

·     Then add tomato and chicken mix well and cover and cook for 2 minutes

·     Then add yoghurt sauté for few seconds and add cashew nut paste mix well

·     Cook in low heat  for 15 minutes

·     After the chicken is cooked add coconut milk (both thick and thin milk)

·     Keep for another 5 minutes

·     Then garish with coriander leaves and lemon juice

NOTE:

·     Can use readymade coconut milk, but the taste will change little bit

·     To make thick coconut milk – add 1 cup of fresh coconut and 1 cup of milk in the grinder and grind well for few seconds after that pour to the strainer and squeeze it well, thick coconut milk is ready

·     To make thin coconut milk –put the squeeze coconut again to the grinder with ½ cup of water and grind it for few seconds and again strain it ,thin coconut milk is ready