Ground Chicken or Turkey with Peas (Murghi Ka Keema)
Recipe By : Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Chicken Indian
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 tb Vegetable oil
1 Cinnamon stick (1")
4 Cardamom pods
2 Bay leaves
1 sm Onion -- chopped
3 cl Garlic -- finely chopped
2 ts Fresh ginger -- peeled,
- finely grated
1 1/2 lb Ground chicken or turkey
6 oz Fresh or frozen peas -- up to
- 7 oz, lightly cooked
1/4 ts Ground turmeric
1 ts Garam masala
1/4 ts Cayenne
1/2 ts Salt -- up to 3/4 ts
2 tb Fresh lemon juice
freshly ground pepper
Put the oil in a wide pan and set over medium-high heat. When the oil
is hot, put in the cinnamon, cardamom, and bay leaves. Stir for a few
seconds. Put in the onion. Stir and fry until the onion pieces turn
brown at the edges. Put in the garlic and stir for a few seconds. Put
in the ginger and stir for another few seconds. Now put in the
chicken (or turkey). Stir and fry until all the lumps are broken up.
Now put in all the remaining ingredients. Stir to mix and cook for
another 2 to 3 minutes, stirring as you do so.
Note: The whole spices - bay leaves, cinnamon stick, and cardamom
pods - are not meant to be eaten.
