A PINCH OF HING

An elegant and fresh dish that makes a great starter for a smart meal because most the elements can be made ahead. For this recipe Smoked onion is play the important role. Smoked Onion Paste: Smoked onions are great in taste but this recipe will also work if you are just interested in making an onion puree. Just smoke the onions with skin in an oven rather than a gas top. Allow the onions to cool, gently separate skins and blend using colander It is important that all onion skin and any hard pieces be removed and not included in the puree. Keep this paste in refrigerator for next use. Use this in any Recipe may give nice texture and taste. Ingredients - Chicken - 1/2 kg Onions chopped finely - 2 med Garlic peeled - 1 whole small Ginger - 1 inch Green chilli - 1 optional Cumin - 1 tsp black peppercorn - 1/3 tsp Cloves - 4-5 Black cardamom - 1 Green cardamom - 2 Cinnamon - 1 inch Nutmeg - a small piece Coriander powder - 1 tsp Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Easy to make with only one spice powder. Sambari chicken curry flavoured with sambar powder which gives this dish a nice aroma, taste and beautiful red colour. It goes well with Rice , Phulka Chapati, Dosa, Naan, Paratha and even we enjoyed this with rice coconut mix pan cakes. The mild sweetness of pancakes and sourness of curry ufffffff can't tell you. Must try this wonderful tasty combination. I don't use Ginger Garlic paste and any other spices to this curry. Make as simple as possible and tastier with a single spice powder and it is Sambar powder. Chicken – 1/2 kg Sambar powder –2 tbsp Sambar powder — 1 tsp (sprinkling) Hung Curd — 1 cup Onion – 2 medium sliced Tomato – 2 medium chopped Curry leaves – 1 handful ( 2 parts ) Fresh coriander leaves – 2 tbsp (chopped) Oil – 4 tbsp Salt to taste Water Preparations: Rinse the chicken drain the excess water from it. Add all ingredients to it mix well cover and keep it i