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Chicken Dilruba
08:47pm, 25 Aug 2004

This is a variation on an Afghani recipe...you won't believe how good this is. Sure to impress your date...guaranteed!

RICE:

    1 cup Jasmine rice
    1-1/2 cup water
    1 Tbsp olive oil
    1 pinch herbes de provence
    1/3 cup shredded coconut

Bring to boil, turn down to low, cover, let simmer for 20 minutes

Meanwhile...

CHICKEN:

    2 medium yellow onions
    1 cup goat milk
    4 heaping Tbsp chopped fresh ginger
    2 Tbsp garam masala
    6 Tbsp butter or vegetable oil
    1 tsp ground turmeric
    4 lbs. boneless chicken, roughly cut into about 1" pieces
    2 fresh jalapeno peppers
    1 large mild chili or Anaheim or sweet Italian pepper
    1/2 red bell pepper
    1 cup plain goat yogurt
    salt & ground cayenne to taste
    1/4 cup ground almonds or almond meal
    A few strands of saffron, soaked in 1/8 cup of warm goat milk
    1/4 cup ground walnuts
    Chopped fresh cilantro
    1/4 cup melon, pumpkin, squash or pepito seeds
    Chopped scallion, including green stem
    Ground almond for garnish
Roughly chop onions & put with ginger in a food processor or blender & process to the consistency of apple sauce.

Heat butter or oil in a heavy, DEEP skillet, & gently brown the onion-ginger mix, stirring often. Add chicken. After outside of chicken becomes white from cooking, add yogurt & cook over medium heat until mixture becomes almost dry & chicken begins to brown.

Grind or chop walnuts, almonds & seeds until fine. Stir into milk, & add mixture to chicken, along with garam masala, turmeric, salt & cayenne.

In separate skillet, lightly sautÈ peppers in dash of oil, & add to chicken mix, along with chopped cilantro & scallion. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until chicken is tender, approximately 10 - 15 minutes. Stir in saffron/milk mixture & cook 1 or 2 minutes longer.

Serve over rice, & garnish with chopped almond.

Just before serving you can also add a chopped yellow (heirloom) tomato to the chicken sauce for a little color, if you wish.

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