Mild, creamy, chicken curry

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breast halves, boneless, skinless
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup ghee (or butter)
• 6 medium onions
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 inch cube fresh ginger
• 20 whole cloves
• 12 green cardamom pods
• 5 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon coriander ground
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste
• 8oz plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup milk

Method

1. Cut the chicken breasts into bite-size pieces and set aside. Peel the onions and chop them fine. You should have about 3 cups of onion. Mince the garlic and add to the bowl of chopped onions.
2. In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil, then saute the onions and garlic on a medium high heat for about 10 minutes, until translucent and golden.
3. Crack the cardamom pods open between your fingers, just to open the shell. Add them to the pan. Add the ginger, cloves, bay leaves and salt. Saute until the onions are nice and brown, about 5 more minutes.
4. Mix the coriander and red pepper with the yogurt. Add the yogurt to the frying pan, stirring as you pour, slowly so that the onion doesn’t stop bubbling.
5. When the last of the yogurt dries up, add the chicken pieces and brown them. Add 1/2 cup water, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Stir in the milk and turn off the heat. It needs to sit a few minutes to let the flavors blend. The longer you let it sit after cooking, the better it will taste (up to several hours).

Serve this with some saffron rice and some vegetable side dishes.