Black Chicken Curry

Chicken curry can be prepared in many ways. Here is "black chicken curry" (Nop the chicken you are going to curry need not be black). It is spicy and full of aroma. The black (dark brown rather) colour is created because of the roasted curry powder used.

Ingredients: Chicken, chopped onions and garlic, tomato, ginger, tamarind, chili, roasted curry powder, curry leaves, mustard seed, oil and salt.

Method: Cut the chicken into pieces. Add some oil to a saucepan and add mustard seed and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds start to pop, add chili powder and curry powder and let it fry for a few seconds (Keep the exhaust fan On or your windows open). Add the onions, garlic, tomato and ginger. Dissolve the tamarind in about 1/2 a cup of water and add it to the mix (do not add to much tamarind since it could make the curry very sour). Add water to make the amount of gravy you like. Add salt and check if the taste is according to your preference. Next add about 1/2 cup water for the chicken to cook in. Add the chicken to the gravy and allow to cook with the lid covered.

Note:

The chicken can be replaced with beef, mutton or lamb. Fish too can be cooked the same way but then "Goraka" (Malabar Tamarind) is used instead of tamarind.