Chicken recipe ( Mombasa, Dar, Indian touch) Yummy!!

Chicken recipe ( Mombasa, Dar, Indian touch) Yummy!!

A recipe for lovers flowing with a passion to love more and more, lovers of people, lovers of food, lovers of the kitchen and lovers of art.

I went to Dar Es Salaam to visit a few friends. So I chose to cook for them, one comes from Mombasa and the other one comes from Dar. It got me wondering what kind of food would suit their taste. The one from Mombasa loves coastal Mombasa food and the one from Dar loves Indian food. I personally love Indian food so I had to come up with a recipe that would make us all happy and satisfied. After all we cook for people to eat and enjoy, the joy of a cook is when the meal is enjoyed.

It didn’t take long before something came up, and this is what I came up with. Chicken recipe!!! This is no ordinary chicken; it’s got Mombasa, Dar and Indian taste.

So here we go…

Ingredients

1 kg chicken

1 tablespoon cooking oil

Lemon juice from 1 big lemon

1 chopped big onion

1 teaspoon crushed garlic

1 teaspoon crushed ginger

4 chopped big tomatoes

1 teaspoon tomato paste

1 tablespoon mixed spices (it would also go well with ½ teaspoon cumin and ½ teaspoon turmeric instead of the mixed spices I bet)

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon red chilies powder

½ cup water

1 cup coconut milk

Procedure

Skin the chicken for those who don’t like it.

Marinate the chicken with salt, lemon juice, mixed spices and the red chilies powder and let it marinate for 30 minutes or more.

Heat the oil and fry the onions till translucent

Add the garlic and ginger and stir for a minute before adding the tomatoes. Let it simmer for 7 minutes or until they are well cooked.

Add in the chicken and let it simmer for 10 minutes before adding water to boil for more 10 minutes or until cooked to your preference. Stir and turn every once in a while to make sure the spices are evenly spread and well dissolved in/on the chicken.

Now add the coconut milk while stirring and let it simmer for 7minutes.

Voila! Your chicken is ready, smells and tastes delicious.

Sever over vegetable rice or chapatti

Tip: Boil your rice with barks of cinnamon (5 for half a kilo) and you won’t believe the taste and the aroma that comes along with it.

Well, my friends enjoyed the meal and you don’t wanna know how long that food lasted!

By Vicky Mwakoyo © 24th May 2012