Poultry Recipes - Dill Chicken

Ingredients

• 30 ml/2 tbsp oil

• 4 cardamom pods

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 2 onions, chopped

• 5 cloves garlic, crushed

• 2.5 cm/1 in ginger root, chopped

• 2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped

• 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped fresh dill (dill weed)

• pinch of ground turmeric

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground roasted cumin

• 5 ml/1 tsp chili powder

• salt and pepper

• pinch of garam masala

• 1 chicken, cut into portions

• 450 ml/3/4 pt/2 cups water

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the cardamom and cinnamon for 1 minutes. Add the onions and fry until lightly browned. Add the garlic and ginger and fry for  2 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes and dill and fry until the oil appears on the surface. Add the spices, salt and pepper and fry for a few seconds. Add the chicken and fry until the moisture from the chicken evaporates.

3. Add the water, bring to the boil, cove and simmer gently for about 40 minutes until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened.