The chicken curry in the clay pot is my version of a rather complex recipe I found in an old cookbook that I stole from my mother 35 years ago.<\/p>\n
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The book itself is a delight, a 1964 edition of the \u2018CEYLON DAILY NEWS\u2019 COOKERY BOOK.<\/p>\n
When I first made the \u2018Fowl Badun\u2019 to try and impress my new wife I made the coconut milk from scratch! That was three decades ago, you didn\u2019t get coconut milk in convenient tetrapacks. I also used the 20 red chillies the original recipe called for!! and also roasted the spices individually.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve become lazier since. The curry still tastes the same though.<\/p>\n
Ingredients:<\/strong> Dry Roast the following in a pan & grind to a powder in a mixie: Chop Method:<\/em> Let it boil till the chicken is cooked. You can at this stage do a tadka with ghee and some onions and add the juice of half a lime. It really goes great with rice.<\/p>\n And if you are wondering what the dark, dark brown stuff in the shell shaped bowl in the picture at the top of the story is, it\u2019s a Kerala beef fry. Pretty simple really. But that\u2019s for another time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world in massive ways. Pollution has dropped, community spirit is up, and the importance of general hygiene has been given the prominence it rightly deserves. An interesting trend that’s popped up is that a lot of men, particularly in cultures where it’s traditionally the woman’s role to cook, have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,38,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foodies","category-health","category-lockdown-diaries"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOne Chicken<\/p>\n
\n5 red chillies, okay I use 10
\n1\/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
\n1 tablespoon coriander seeds
\n1 teaspoon jeera
\n1\/2 teaspoon saunf<\/p>\n
\n1 large onion
\n4 cloves garlic
\nA little ginger<\/p>\n
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Throw all of the above including the chicken into a deep pan. Add a small bit of cinnamon, and a tetra pack of coconut milk (200 ml) and two cups of water. If you have curry leaves throw them in. Note: No oil, you don\u2019t fry anything.<\/p>\n