Kurma Chicken Curry

I wouldn't know cooking curry dishes are so tedious and need a lot of attention until I experienced it myself. My hubby & I loved Kurma Chicken Curry very much. We normally will go for it if we happened to dine at the "Mamak" (Indian Muslim) restaurant. Thus, I was interested in making this dish so that I am able to cook for my family in the future. I learnt this from my Mother in law. She is a good cook, especially anything that is spicy or curries. It tasted as delicious as ever! So, I have better brush up my skill in cooking curries soon! Home cook is so much tastier and better! Let's savour...

Ingredients:
1 medium-sized chicken, chopped into chucks
1 onion, sliced thinly
3 stalks coriander leaves, washed, bundled up
2 tomatoes, cut into 4 portion
4 green chillies, halved & de-seed
125ml Baba's Kurma Powder
Salt to taste
6 tbsp oil
1 tbsp butter / Ghee

Pound Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 slices ginger (3 cm long), chopped
1/2 tsp Cumin Seed (Jintan Putih)

Spices:
2 big Star Anise
1 Cinnamon
4 Cloves
4 Cardamon

Coconut milk (Fresh Press Coconut):
1 cup thick first press coconut
2 cups lightly press coconut

Methods:
1. Heat up 6 tbsp oil & 1 tbsp butter. Sautee spices till fragrant.
2. Add in pound ingredients & sautee until fragrant. About 5 mins.
3. Pour kurma powder in a bowl with some water. Stir till become paste form.
4. Add in in the wok & sautee with other ingredients till fragrant. Mix well & stir gently.
5. In between, add some water if the paste is too thick. You have to keep on stirring the ingredients to bring out the flavour.
6. Add in chicken, sautee chicken till fragrant. Mix and stir for 5 mins.
7. Once the chicken is cooked, add in one cup of first press coconut milk bit by bit. Keep on stirring and mixing gently.
8. Simmer in low fire for 5 mins. Add the 2nd cup & 3rd cup of lightly press coconut milk gradually.
9. Keep on stirring and mixing gently for 5 mins. Add salt to your taste. I added about 2 tsp.
10. Finally, add in green chillies, tomatoes & coriander leaves. Simmer for 2 mins.
11. Dish up & serve with briyani rice, white rice or even bread.