Chicken In Gravy (indian-punjabi Style)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 8 chicken legs
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 -2 onion, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons ginger
• 1 small tomato, cut in pieces
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon garam masala
• 1 tablespoon powdered turmeric (haldi)
• 1 -2 green chili pepper, deseeded and chopped
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 clean chicken with skin removed.
• 2 in a dutch oven pot heat 2 tbs oil and 2 tbs ghee on medium heat, add cumin seeds.
• 3 wait for the cumin to start to turn color, then add onions, and saute for approx 5 minutes. add garlic and ginger and cook for another 5 minutes or until the onions are browned.
• 4 add tomato paste, chopped tomato, turmeric, garam masala, green chili, and about 1 cup of water.
• 5 cook mixture for approx 5 minutes.
• 6 add chicken and mix well.
• 7 cover and cook on low to medium-low heat for about 40 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• 8 gravy should not be watery; should be a thicker gravy, like a stew. add coriander for garnish.