Chicken Curry With Nuts

• 1 kg chicken
• 1 cup yogurt
• salt
• 5 green cardamom
• 1 black cardamom
• 5 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 bay leaf
• oil 2-3 Tbs
• 1 cup sliced onion
• 1 Tbs ginger chopped
• 1/3 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1 Tbs poppy seeds
• 3 Tbs almonds
• 3 Tbs cashew nuts
• 2 Tbs melon seeds
• Garnish
• pistachio
• pine nuts
• sunflower seeds raisins

1. Cut chicken into medium pieces. Whisk yogurt in a large bowl, add salt and leave chicken in yogurt to marinade for at least 1 hr.
2. Heat oil in a pot. Add all 5 spices and saute until it begins to crackle. Add onion and saute over medium heat until golden brown. Add ginger, stir for a minute. Add turmeric and red chili powder (dissolved in 3 Tbs water). Stir for a minute. Add chicken along with marinade, stir, add 1/4 cup water. Stir. Bring to boil. Cover and simmer until chicken is tender.
3. Made a paste with poppy seeds, almonds, cashews, melon seeds and cream.
4. Add paste to chicken. Add more cream or water to reach desired consistency.
5. Serve with rice. Garnish with a handful of nut/raisin mix.

chicken, yogurt, salt, green cardamom, black cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, oil, onion, ginger, turmeric, red chili powder, cream, poppy seeds, almonds, nuts, melon seeds, pistachio, nuts, sunflower seeds raisins

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chicken-curry-with-nuts-50080054 (may not work)