South-Indian Green curry

Method

• step 1

  Wash the chicken and marinate it for an hour with salt and turmeric powder.

• step 2

  In a food processor,make the green curry paste as follows :

• step 3

  Grind together the garlic,ginger,green chillies,corriander and mint leaves ,green chillies and onion halves with a dash of water till you get a smooth paste.

• step 4

  Heat oil in a pan,add bay leaves,cloves,whole black pepper,star aniseed,stir for just half a minute.

• step 5

  Then add the green curry paste,saute it for about 1minute.

• step 6

  Mix one pint of warm water with the dessicated coconut powder in a separate bowl,stir till no lumps remain,and pour this into the pan.(Leave a tablespoon cocnut cream aside for garnishing)Stir till you get a smooth,even,green consistency for a minute

• step 7

  Add the marinated chicken,stir slightly ,cover and cook on medium heat for 30minutes with occasional stirring

• step 8

  Garnish with a swirl of fresh single cream and coriander leaf.

• step 9

  Serve hot with Turmeric Basmati rice and mini Naans