Recipe#11840

Title: Chicken Patia

From: "Maya Nair" mnair@nortel.ca 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Indian Chicken Patia 
 Date: 4 Mar 1997 06:31:18 -0700 
 Message-ID: <199702252044.NAA00280@Rt66.com> 

2 cups cubed, boneless raw chicken pieces 
 1 tablespoon vinegar 
 1 teaspoon coriander powder 
 1 teaspoon cumin powder 
 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 
 1/2 teaspoon salt 
 1/2 cup cold water 
 2 tablespoons oil 
 2 large onions 
 1 lemon 
 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar 
 3 green chillies 
 2 or more dry red cayenne peppers 
 2 garlic cloves 
 2 tablespoons coriander leaves, chopped 
 1/2 teaspoon salt 
 Grind the green chillies, red peppers, garlic, coriander leaves
 and salt to a paste in the blender. Slice the onions. Squeeze the
 lemon and set the lemon juice aside for later use. Add the old
 water, 1/4 teaspoon of coriander powder, 1/4 teaspoon of cumin
 powder, vinegar and salt to the chicken and simmer on low heat till
 dry.  Heat 1 Tablespoon of the oil and brown the onions. Set aside.
 Heat the remaining. oil and fry the ground paste for a few minutes.
 Add the coriander and cumin powders and turmeric, jaggery and lemon
 juice. Stir for 2 minutes. Then add the onions, chicken and salt
 if necessary. Stir till dry.
 You may substitute cleaned shrimp for the chicken.