Punjabi Chicken Curry

Ingredients

1 chicken skinless cut into pieces
3 onions
choppped ginger...same amount as onion (or a little less as per your taste)
chopped garlic..same amount as of onion n ginger (or a little less as per your taste)
3 tomatoes
green chillies accordin to ur taste
red chilly powder
corriander powder
garam masala powder
salt to taste
lil bit of lemon juice
turmeric powder
(take spices according to ur taste)
corriander and mint leaves chopped

Preparation

Take 2 onions and 2 tomatoes and same amount of ginger garlic chopped in a blender and add all the spices.
Add some water .. this will turn out in a paste
Cook this paste in a pot untill done ... dont let it dry..
Take oil or ghee (for real Punjabi taste) in a pan and fry the remaining one chopped onion in it
Add remaining chopped ginger garlic in it and fry... then add chicken and fry it untill it gets some brown colour
Then add the remaining one chopped tomatoe...and cook it until it softens and mixed in the onion masala...
Then add the cooked gravy ... and let it simmer until the chicken is done ... add the lime juice and sprinkle corriander and mint leaves
When serving with lil bit of crushed black pepper for great smell

You can melt some butter over it ... for more yummyyy taste..

Upma Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup sooji (upma sooji or wheat rava)
1/2 tea spn mustard seeds
1/2 tea spn urad dal(optional)
A pinch asafoetida
Oil/ghee
1/2 tea spn sugar
2-3 green chillies
4-5 curry leaves
1 tbl spn fresh/frozen coconut
A pinch turmeric
Salt

Method:

Use Sooji bought from an Indian store, raw unroasted. Do not roast before use, I like the softness you get with this method. Roasting the sooji makes it grainy and not sticking to each other. This gives a different taste and texture.

Heat oil and add mustard, urad dal(optional). When mustard starts popping and urad dal turns slightly brownish, add curry leaves(cut the leaves into two to enhance the aroma). Add asafoetida, turmeric and green chillies. Now add sooji(rava) and fry on a low flame for around 6-7mins (take care not to burn the rava). Add salt and sugar, mix well.

In a separate bowl heat 2 cups of water. When it starts boiling, transfer it to the rava mixture. Cover and cook till all water is absorbed. Mix well. Add coconut.

Serve hot with or without sev.

Serves : 2
Preparation time : 20mins