Galinha com Coentro chicken dish with coriander

Ingredients

2 chickens
100 gm coriander leaves
80 gm ginger
80 gm garlic
4 green chillies
10 gm hot masala (cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, peppercorn & cumin seeds)
½ tsp turmeric powder
15 gm cashew nut paste
Oil to fry
1 ½ tbsp lemon juice
Salt as per taste


Method:

* Clean, remove skin and de-bone the chicken and cut into eight pieces.
* Marinate the chicken with salt, lemon juice and turmeric powder and keep aside.
* Grind the spice and other ingredients together to a fine paste.
* Rub the chicken with ground paste. Keep it at least one hour for marination.
* Heat oil and quickly fry the chicken on both sides, thereby sealing in its juice.
* Do not over fry. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
* Add salt as per taste. Remove and serve in its own pan juice.
* Serve with local bread/garlic fried rice.