Ingredients
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½ chicken
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2 tsp grated coconut
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2 small onions (sliced)
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2 cloves of garlic
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1 piece of ginger
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¼ tsp curry powder
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1 dessertspoon chilli powder or chilli paste
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2 tsp cooking oil or 1 tablespoon butter
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Salt to taste
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1 lemon or lime
Methods
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Wash chicken pieces and mix well with the ground ingredients.
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Add ½ teacup of water to the coconut and squeeze to obtain thick milk. Place in one container.
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Add 1½ teacups of water to the coconut again and squeeze to obtain a fairly thin milk. Place in another container.
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Heat oil or butter and fry sliced onion until golden brown.
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Add the chicken pieces, chilli powder or paste and fry for 2 minutes.
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Add the second coconut milk and bring to the boil. Lower the flame and simmer gently.
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When the chicken is half-cooked, add the thick milk and continue to simmer.
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When the chicken is cooked and the gravy is thick, add salt to taste and the juice of half a lime.
