Curried chicken with cardamom

 Ingredients:

1. 4 Chicken Breasts Boneless, Skinless & cubed in to 1″ pieces
2. 2 Medium sized Potatoes Peeled & Cubed
3. 2 medium Onions Cut into half and sliced thinly into half moons
4. 2″  piece of Ginger peeled and ground into paste
5. 5 cloves of Garlic mashed
6. 1/2  Cup Tomato Puree mixed with 1/2 cup water
7. 1 teaspoon Turmeric
8. 3 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder (Optional)
9. 4 Cloves
10. 8 Small Green Cardamoms
11. 2″ Cinnamon stick
12. 3/4 Cup of Coconut Milk
13. 5-6 Tablespoons of Oil
14. Salt
15. 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
16. 1/2 Cup Chopped Cilantro

Preparation:

Grind the seeds of 8 Green Cardamoms and mix it with the Coconut Milk and Keep aside.

Heat Oil in a deep Pan. Add the Cloves, & Cinnamom Sticks. When they start to sizzle, add the sliced Onions & the sugar. Fry till they are glazed & slightly brown.

Add the cubed chicken, salt, Turmeric & Chilli Powder & fry the Chicken tossing them often till they are light brown on almost all the sides.

Add the Potatoes, mashed Garlic,  the ginger paste, & Tomato Puree fry at medium heat till the oil starts to bubble up and the mix leaves the sides of the pan. Be careful to scrape off the bottom of the pan often to prevent it from burning. If you feel the bottom is sticking too often, feel free to add few spoons of water.

Add the coconut milk with cardamom & cover & cook till the chicken pieces are tender.

Switch off the heat & garnish with chopped cilantro.

Cinnamon Anise Pork

 Ingredients:

2 + 1/2 pounds country-style pork ribs

6 cups water

2/3 cup soy sauce

2/3 cup Chinese Shaoxing wine or medium-dry Sherry

1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 head garlic, halved crosswise

3 (3inch) cinnamn sticks

1 whole star anise

5+1/2 ounces bean thread noodles

Preparation

Boil everything together in pressure cooker until pork is tender. Add noodles and eat. 

12345 Pork Ribs

This recipe should be for about 500g pork ribs

1 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Wine

2 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons rice/black vinegar

4 tablespoons soy sauce

5 tablespoons water

Pressure Cooke - 20 minutes

Philips 2137 - Steam/Stew mode

Note : You can add 1 head of garlic and fry with the pork at the end