My Dad's Curry

I named this dish after my dad who taught me how to seek out the best foods and how to cook. This curry is his specialty. The original MyDad'sCurry calls for his secret ingredient, the candlenuts which you can get from Asian Grocery store. My dad who also used to own a grocery store sells these nuts which I thought were little rocks when I was a child. When the shell is cracked open, a nut that looks like Macadamia is cased in it. If you want to add the candlenuts, use a handful of 5-6 nuts, pound it with a mortar until its powdery. It gives the curry added nutty flavor. Enjoy !

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Ingredients:
Meat - 2 lbs of Lamb (leg) cubed or 4 pieces of Chicken Breast 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 chicken 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 or Bread.