Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Stephen Ceideburg Salt to taste
4 Cloves 3 1/2 lb To 4 pound chicken *
3 Cardamom pods 2 tb Poppy seeds
1 Cinnamon stick 2 tb Cashews
1 tb Coriander seeds 10 Blanched almonds
1 ts Cumin seeds 2 tb Unsweetened, shredded
1 ts Turmeric -coconut
6 Cloves garlic 2 tb Ghee
1 Two-inch cube fresh ginger, 3 lg Onions, finely chopped
-peeled 4 Fresh green chiles, minced
2 c Yogurt 2 tb Chopped cilantro

* skinned, boned and cut into about 2 inch pieces

Grind cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander and cumin seeds with
turmeric until you have a powder. Chop garlic and ginger into a
paste. Combine both mixtures with yogurt and salt. Add chicken to
this mixture and marinate 2-3 hours.

Grind poppy seeds, cashews and almonds in a blender or spice mill
until you have a powder. Combine with coconut and set aside. Heat
ghee in a large skillet and cook onions until golden brown. Add poppy
seed mixture and mix well.

Put chicken and yogurt marinade into a heavy bottom pot. Add onion
mixture, fresh chiles, half the cilantro and 1 1/2 cups water. Cook,
uncovered, until chicken is tender and sauce thickens.

Courtesy, Sue Sista of "Sue's India Cuisine", San Jose and Mountain
View. From the San Jose Mercury News, 6/9/93.

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