Mauritian Chicken Kalia

Servings: 4-5

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken, cut into pieces

1 cup yoghurt

2 sticks cinnamon, 3cm long, each

3 cardamons, split

4 cloves

2 tablespoons cumin powder

2 green chillies, slit

A pinch of yellow coloring powder

1 teaspoon ginger/garlic mixture

5 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

4 tablespoons chopped mint leaves

Salt, pepper

2 big onions, sliced fine

Half a cup of a mixture of melted ghee and oil

Some saffron strands

Cooking Instructions:

Put chicken pieces in a pot. Add all the other ingredients except onions, ghee/oil and saffron strands. Mix all well together and allow to marinate for at least an hour. Meanwhile fry onions in the ghee/oil mixture until brown and crisp. Remove and keep aside. Pour the remaining hot ghee/oil mixture (or less if chicken is fatty) in the pot. Soak saffron strands in 1/4 glass hot water and pour mixture also in the pot. Mix well, cover and cook over a low heat till chicken is done. Add fried onion, mix and allow to simmer for 1 or 2 minutes. Serve with rice and "carrot and cucumber" salad and "tomato chutney".

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