My Dad's Chicken Curry - Malaysian Style

Recipe:

Ingredients: Meat - 1 Chicken, skinless and cut up into big bite pieces.

3 pcs of potatoes (Russet or Baking potatoes), peeled and cut up into big bite pieces

3 curry leaves

1/2 cup of onions

3 cloves of garlic

1 cinnamon

2 star anise

1/2 cup of "My Dad's" curry powder

a dash of sugar (optional)

1 tbsp of knorr chicken seasoning

1 tbsp of salt

3 tbs of oil

2 tbs of thick coconut milk or cream.

1 cup of water

Method: Use an electric grinder - grind onion, garlic. (If you do not want to grind, chopped them finely).

1) In a pot over medium-high heat, add oil, saute the onion and garlic mixture until fragrant.

2) Add cinnamon, star anise, curry leaves and fry for 1 min.

3) Add curry powder and fry for about 2 mins or until fragrant.

4) Add meat and potatoes and stir fry until meat is all coated with curry mixture and cooked outside.

5) Add 1 cup of water and simmer over medium/low heat for about 20mins and/or potatoes are soft.

6) Add knorr seasoning, sugar, salt to taste. Add 2 tbs of coconut milk or cream.

7) Turn off heat and serve Curry with Rice, Bread or Indian Roti (see picture).