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Indian Chicken Curry

Ingredients

3 tablespoons tomato sauce
3 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 cup water
1 inch cube of ginger
2 tablespoons water
4 cloves garlic
1 cut-up, skinned chicken
2 bay leaves
3 tablespoons oil
1 cinnamon stick
5 cardamom pods (green if you can find them)
5 whole cloves
1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

• Mix the tomato sauce, yogurt and water and set aside.

• Blend the garlic, ginger and water until smooth.

• Brown the chicken pieces in the oil

• Remove the chicken from skillet and lower heat.

• Add the cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cloves and hot pepper flakes.

• Stir for 30 seconds. Add the garlic and ginger paste and the turmeric.

• Stir for 1 minute. Add tomato mixture, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir.

• Add chicken, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, turning chicken a few times.

• Serve with plain rice.