Ginger Chicken

Ingrediants:

Chicken 1/2 kg

small pieces garlic paste 1 tsp

ginger paste 1 tsp

ginger chopped 1 " piece

onions 2

tomato 1 soya sauce 2 Tbsp

fish sauce 1 tsp

optional pepper powder 3 tsp

green chillies 2 or 3 slit chopped

celery 1 Tbsp

optional turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

cardamom 1

cloves 2

cinnamon stick 1 " piece

cornflower 1 Tbsp

coriander leaves chopped few

water 1/2 cup

oil and salt

Method:

Cut and clean chicken. Chop onions and tomato.Just crush cardomam, clove and cinnamon.Cook chicken pieces with salt, turmeric powder and garlic ginger paste with water.

When it is cooked remove chicken pieces and keep aside.Add corn flour to the water remained (broth) after cooking chicken.Heat oil. Saute onion until semi transparent.

Add green chillies and chopped ginger and saute until lthe aroma spreads.

Add tomato, celery, crushed spices , pepper powder and enough salt. Saute well and add chicken pieces and the broth mixed with cornflour. Stir well until it is thick.

Add soya sauce and fish sauce. Stir well and remove from fire. Garnish with coriander leaves, chopped spring onion etc.Restaurant ginger chicken has much darker color than this home made preparation.