Ingredients:

• 1 kg – Chicken
• 1 cup – spring onion, chopped
• 4 fresh red chilies, seeded and chopped
• 1 stalk Lemon grass, slit along the length
• 2 tsp – garlic, chopped
• 4 tbsp – cooking oil
• 2 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 cup – thick Coconut Milk
• 1 tbsp – Tamarind juice (or concentrate 1/2 tsp)
• 1 tbsp – Lime juice
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 tender Lime leaves

Method:

1. Cut the chicken into joints and rub with salt and pepper.
2. Grind spring onion, garlic and red chilies to a paste.
3. Heat the oil in a wok (kadai) and brown the chicken pieces. Drain from oil and reserve.
4. Add the ground paste to the wok and fry till fragrant.
5. Add turmeric, coconut milk and tamarind.
6. Add the chicken, simmer till the chicken is cooked, adding the lime juice and leaves 1/2 way through cooking.
7. Serve hot with rice or noodles.

Recipe courtesy of Chandra Bhat