Chicken Curry (Murgi Curry)

Ingredients

1 medium-sized chicken (approx. 750gms), cut in pieces.

4 potatoes, peeled and quartered

2 tomatoes, chopped or quartered

2 onions, halved and sliced fine

2 onions, ground to a paste

1.5 tablespoons turmeric

2 tablespoons chilli paste

1 tablespoon ginger paste

1 teaspoon garlic paste

salt and sugar to taste

4 tablespoons ghee

Method

Heat ghee in pan. Fry the sliced onions till well browned but soft. Add the onion paste together with all the masala pastes. Stir-fry for 5 minutes or until masalas change colour. Add the tomatoes and stir-fry a few minutes more.

Add the chicken, stir-fry another 7-10 minutes. Sprinkle with a little water, if necessary. Add salt and sugar to taste.

Add 4 cups water, stir, cover and simmer chicken over medium heat until three-quarters done (approx 45 min to and hr), stirring from time to time.

Add the quartered paotatoes. Stir and cover pan. Cook till potatoes and chicken are both done and gravy has thickened.