GArLiQue Chicken

So, today is sunday havent been on the post for a while.  Been busy, did something extremely productive this weekend. Cleaned the garage. I am hoping that this time we will be able to keep it clean. .... Check back in 3 months.  My hubs and I will once again be blaming each other for the disorganization and clutter in the garage and ultimately coming to a conclusion that it was "your kids who messed it up" and thats that.  Well, i mean thats life if we got everything done and had everything that we wanted than there wont be a reason to desire.  Desire is what makes our life more interesting. I dont know where that came from. I am a true definition of a scatter brain. My thoughts run away from me sometimes and meet up with other thoughts.  No wonder i understoood the movie "Inception" the first time i saw it. 
So, today to treat myself and the family i decided i should make Garlic Chicken desi style.  Apparently this is a brazilian dish but i had to "desify" (desify basically means to make any thing non desi (indian ) into desi.  My dad showed me this recipe a long time ago. Someone at his work gave it to him so he made it for us once. 

All you need is :
1 whole chicken cut up into pieces 10 or 12
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 lemon juiced
bunch mint
1/4c cilantro
3 green chillies
2 cups of whole garlic cloves (yes thats right i said it .Its called garlic chicken for a reason)
1 tsp garam masala (homemade not the weird yellow colored one you get at the store)
OR
use
 5 whole cloves,
6 black peppers,
a few cumin seeds,
 5 cardomoms
1 cinnamon stick maybe 1 1/2 inches
 (you can put them all in a small tea infuser so it doesnt come up in your mouth when you eat)  or you can just toss it on a hot pan roast it lightly and just grind it in a coffee grinder.  No coffee grinder? How about a mortar pestal. Not that either huh? How about you go outside find two flat rocks, wash it really well sanitize it for 30 minutes in water with bleach wash it again and grind the pieces between the two rocks.  Yeah thats what people did in India.


Procedure:
In a bowl add in chicken salt, pepper, garam masala and lemon juice set aside
pour in 2 tblsp oil in a skillet or pot
*if you don't have garam masala than drop in the dried whole garam masala seeds into the hot oil
quickly add in garlic than saute only for a minute slightly yellowish brownishy, dont let it turn brown all the way it will turn bitter.
Toss in the chicken and green chillis than saute it on high heat until the chicken is well coated with the oil.
Add in 1/4 cup water bring it to a boil
lower the heat to low medium close the lid and let it cook for at least 30 minutes, stirring occasionally maybe every ten minutes. After the first ten minutes you might want to taste it to check for salt and pepper. Add as needed
After 30 minutes the garlic should turn into mush and if not than stir it a bit and it should turn into mush
When the chicken is done and the garlic turns into a gravy like mush.  The oil should also be seperated away from the gravy. Turn off the stove
Add in the mint and corriander.

Enjoy it with really yummy warm Naan,  Or good french bread or Rice and Daal or make a burrito or eat it with paratha.

Enjoy and Remember to makegood intentions before and during the time you cook.  Good intentions make for good outcomes. :)