Name: Chicken curry recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3 people
Ingredients: ½ kg chicken (or 500 grams or 1 pound (preferably bone-in) ); 2 to 3 tbsp Oil; 1 cup onions (or 3 medium onions (fine chopped or grated or paste)); 1 to 2 green chilies (slit (skip for less spicy)); 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste (or minced ginger garlic); ½ cup tomatoes (finely chopped or puree (deseeded)(2 medium tomatoes)); salt as needed; ½ to 1 cup hot water (or coconut milk); 2 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped or mint or pudina); ¼ tsp turmeric powder (or haldi); ¾ to 1 tsp red chili powder (or smoked paprika (½ tsp for less spicy)); 1 tsp garam masala ((½ tsp more if needed, adjust to taste)); ¾ tsp coriander powder ((optional)); 1 bay leaf (small or tej patta or curry leaves); 4 cloves (or laung); 2 inch cinnamon (or dalchini); 3 green cardamom (or elaichi); 2 to 3 tbsp curd or yogurt (or 10 cashews or 3 tbsp poppy seeds (ground to smooth paste))