Ginger Chicken

Ingredients
Chicken 1/2 kg small pieces
garlic paste 1 tsp
ginger paste 1 tsp
ginger chopped 1 " piece
onions 2
tomato 1
soya sauce 2 Tbsp
fish sauce 1 tsp optional
pepper powder 3 tsp
green chillies 2 or 3 slit
chopped celery 1 Tbsp optional
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
cardamom 1
cloves 2
cinnamon stick 1 " piece
cornflower 1 Tbsp
coriander leaves chopped few
water 1/2 cup
oil
salt



Method
Cut and clean chicken. Chop onions and tomato.Just crush cardomam, clove and cinnamon.
Cook chicken pieces with salt, turmeric powder and garlic ginger paste with water. When it is cooked remove chicken pieces and keep aside.
Add corn flour to the water remained (broth) after cooking chicken.
Heat oil. Saute onion until semi transparent. Add green chillies and chopped ginger and saute until lthe aroma spreads. Add tomato, celery, crushed spices , pepper powder and enough salt. Saute well and add chicken pieces and the broth mixed with cornflour. Stir well until it is thick. Add soya sauce and fish sauce. Stir well and remove from fire. Garnish with coriander leaves, chopped spring onion etc.
Restaurant ginger chicken has much darker color than this home made preparation. I used light soya sauce for preparing this.

See the chilly chicken recipe