Chicken Masalah

                                                        Ingredients

1 lb Chicken fillets cut into 1/2 inch (1 cm) cubes
1 small onion finely chopped
1 levelled teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
1 clove garlic crushed
1 levelled teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon garam Masalah
1 heaped teaspoon coriander powder
6 tablespoon oil, ghee or melted butter
1/2 tin of chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves.

                                                       Directions
Heat the oil in a cooking pan and fry the chopped onion, browning it a little. Add chilli powder, ginger powder, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fry the spices for two minutes. Then add chopped tomatoes and keep stirring it for ten minutes or until the butter leaves the spices. Now add the chicken cubes and stir them in the masalah to get the chicken pieces nicely coated.
Add 1/2 a cup of water and leave the chicken to cook on a low light for fifteen minutes. Remove the lid, stir the chicken and cook for further ten minutes. When butter starts to come out, add 1/4 cup of water, sprinkle garam masalah and thinly chopped coriander leaves and cover the pan for five to six minutes.

Chicken Jalfarezi

                                                       Ingredients
3 lb. Chicken breast-boneless
8 oz Green Pepper
8 oz Tomato
8 oz Onion (Red-Large)
1 t Cumin Seed
10 Garlic cloves
2 oz Ginger root
2 oz Green Chili pepper
2 t Salt
1 t. Red Chili powder
¸ t Turmeric Powder
8 oz Butter solids
¸ bunch...... Cilantro.
                                                            Directions
a) Gather all ingredients
b) Cut chicken in to 2 x ² inch pieces.
c) Dice 6 oz tomatoes, 6 oz onions & all green peppers into 1" pieces.
d) Melt butter in a wok (or hotel pan - or other thin utensil)
e) Finely cut 2 oz onions. - Finely dice garlic cloves and make a paste
f) Add chicken pieces, finely cut onions, cumin seeds, salt & garlic to butter and mix well
g) Cover and let the chicken steam at medium heat. Stir occasionally.
- Finely chop remaining 2oz tomatoes.
- Cut ginger into julienne.
- Wash cilantro and separate leaves from stem.
h) Remove cover. Add red chilies, turmeric powder, green chilies & finely chopped tomatoes.
i) Mix well and let the chicken cook in this mixture at medium heat until almost all water has evaporated.
- Add julienne garlic when half the water has evaporated.
j) Add diced green peppers, onions & tomatoes and mix.
k) Turn off heat and add cilant
ro. Cover.
l) Keep the cover in place for at least 5 minutes.
****** Makes 9 servings of 5 oz. each*****