South-Indian Green curry

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Serve hot with Turmeric Basmati rice and mini Naans