VCC 366 - Chicken Jeere Miri

Here is another very traditional Mangalorean dish recipe kindly contributed by Karishma to the group cookbook project - You Can Cook' for 'Feed a Hungry Child' campaign.

Chicken Jeere Miri (Chicken with Jeera & Pepper) recipe

Ingredients:
1 kg chicken
3 big onions
7 cloves garlic small
1/2" ginger
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp khus khus
1 tsp pepper corns
8 - 10 long red chillies
1/2" haldi
1" cinnamon
4 cloves
tamarind as big as pigeons egg (grandma's instructions, I would say walnut sized)

Method: Cut the chicken. Grind all other ingredients into a fine paste. For seasoning: in 3 tbsps oil fry 1 small onion till brown. Fry the masala in it. Put chicken and fry for 10 minutes. Add required (2 cups maximum) quantity of water. Let it cook for a while. Adjust salt.

VCC: VCC Q4-2006: FAHC: FAHC-campaign