MINT CHICKEN CURRY

Ingredients:

chicken - 1/2 kg
Mint leaves - hand full
fresh coconut - half
ginger - 2 inch ( as u required it )
garlic - 1
onion - 2
green chilli - 3,4
cinnamom - 1
cloves - 2-3
coriander powder
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
urad dal - 1 tsp ( optional)
curry leaves .
oil - 3 spoons
salt - as per taste.

Method:

1.Cut, clean and wash the chicken pieces.
2. cut coconut into small pieces , peel the ginger and garlic,green chillies, wash the mint leaves and grind all these into a fine paste in mixer.
3.put a pan , add 3 tsp of oil
to this add cinamom, cloves, cumin, mustard, urad dal, curry leaves ,fry until they become brown, then add onions and fry add little salt so that onions gets fried very fastly.

4. when onions are fried well, then add chicken some turmeric powder, coriander powder and some red chilli powderand the ground coconut paste and fry for about 5 minutes .

5.Then add 2 - 3 cups of water to cook the chicken , then put on the lid, cook untill chicken becomes soften ,check the salt and then garnish with coriander and mint leaves .

6. Serve hot with rice or chapathi, pulkas