Chicken Masala

My parents have been cooking for the extended family during the weekends for a while now but I have always been too lazy to stand by Dad or Mom to learn how to cook the dishes or take photos of the finished product. Usually, it's the latter. And since a food entry without a picture borders on unacceptable, I shan't go there.

But people have been reminding me about how dead this blog is, so I finally decided to pick up the camera and take this extremely unflattering picture (it is actually very yummy) of the chicken masala that Dad cooked for Saturday's dinner.


Ingredients:
2 small chickens, chopped
6 cloves of garlic, peeled
12 shallots, peeled
2 thick slices of ginger
A handful of uncooked cashew nuts
Approximately 2 tbs of curry chicken masala powder
A little chilli chicken masala powder (Optional - we add for extra spiciness)

Grind garlic, shallots, and ginger together. Then, grind the cashew nuts separately.

Fry garlic, shallots and ginger paste until fragrant. Then, add the cashew nuts paste and allow it to cook till fragrant. Add the masala powder(s). In goes the chicken, mix well. Add enough hot water to cover the chicken pieces and allow it to simmer. Dish when the chicken is cooked and the gravy has reduced till it is just able to coat all the chicken pieces and a little more.