Red Goan Chicken

Ingredients:

• Veg oil 4 Tbsp
• Sliced onion 1 big
• Goan red spice paste  4 Tbsp
• Chicken 1½ lb
• Tomato 4 big
• Salt

Recipe for Goan red spice paste:

• Cloves 3
• Peppercorns 6
• Cumin seeds 1 Tsp
• Coriander seeds 1½ Tsp
• Fresh red chilly (de-seeded) 2
• White wine vinegar 1/3 cup
• Cinnamon 1½ inch piece
• Ground turmeric ¾ Tsp
• Tamarind paste 1 Tsp
• Ginger ½ in slice
• Garlic pods 9
• Sugar ¾ Tsp
• Salt ¾ Tsp

Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste and keep it aside. Heat oil in a kadai and saute the onion until it turns brown. Add the grounded spice paste into it and roast it well till it is void of the raw smell. Then add the chopped tomatoes and salt. Cover it and cook well. When the tomato becomes soft, remove the lid and cook it for another 5 to 6 mins or until it becomes dark in color. Then put the chicken pieces and saute it for a few mins. Pour 1 cup of water into it and boil it. Cover it and cook it in low flame for 20 to 25 mins. Uncover and saute the chicken in high flame until it turns thick and dark in color.

[Recipe courtesy: Anjum's New Indian, Anjum Anand]