Simple chicken curry - the indian way!

Indian chicken curry is delicious. Isnt it? I have come across many people who like indian food but dont exactly know how to make it. So they buy ready paste from markets and just mix everything. Believe me, Its the most crap indian food ever! And when I make in front of them, they are surprised with the taste and its simplicity. Well anyone can make delicious curries if they follow these simple steps.

Ingredients

* 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
* two onions (Large)
* 500 g of chicken fillet (or whatever chicken)
* 4-5 big mushrooms (optional for Qty cooking)
* 3-4 garlic cloves
* little ginger finely chopped
* 1 green chili/chili paste/chili powder/nothing
* 1/4 teaspoon of salt
* 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric
* 2/3 teaspoon of ground cumin
* 1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander
* 6-8 teaspoon of tomato purée/a can of diced tomatoes
* 1/4 teaspoon of garam masala (or a teaspoon of curry paste)
* 3 tablespoons of double cream

Step 1
Get bowls and cut the vegetables really small. Just remember that the smaller something is, the faster it cooks and better it mixes. You'll want the garlic cloves, ginger, onion, and chili to be finely chopped.

If you want the curry to be less spicy, take out more chili seeds. You can always omit the chili if necessary or wanted. Its a myth that Indians always eat spicy hot food. I myself can not bear chili in the food. If you've accidentally cooked spicy food. You can somehow reduce its spiciness by eating it with Greek style plain yogurt.

Step 2
Get a clean chopping board and also chop your chicken breasts into small pieces. Remove the fat if you've got leg pieces under a hot water tap. Just be sure that you wash your hands after cutting the raw chicken before moving onto the next step.

Step 3
Heat oil in a frying pan and cook both the onions and chicken pieces over medium heat. Cook them for about 10-15 minutes, so that the chicken is cooked thoroughly.

Step 4
Add the chili, ginger and garlic. Leave it on medium heat and keep stirring.

Step 5
Add the rest of the ingredients. Also, add double cream. Mix and cook everything together. Put some water so that everything of chicken is dipped into the curry. Get a cover for your fry-pan and keep cooking with intermediate stirring. The chicken tastes best when its overcooked. You got to keep cooking the curry with the pan-lid.

Estimated cooking times in step 5
Breast chicken - 20 min
Leg pieces/Wings - 40 min
Any other - 30 min

Make sure the things do not burn from the bottom. Serve the chicken curry with yogurt and rice or nan-bread..