Name: Chicken with Apricots and Potato Straws
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200g dried apricots soaked in 250ml warm water for 2-3 hours; 4 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil; 2x 2cms cinnamon sticks; 2 onions finely sliced; 6 cloves crushed garlic; 5cm finely grated ginger; 600g boned chicken cut into 2 cm cubes; 4 tomatoes finely chopped and lightly salted; 3 tbsp chopped coriander; Juice of 1 lime or lemon; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 large potatoes peeled and cut into juliennes soaked in cold water with 2 tsp salt for 15 minutes; Oil for deep frying; ¼ tsp chilli powder; 1tsp finely chopped coriander; For the Masala; 4-6 dried red chillies; 1 ½ tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 5cm cinnamon stick broken into pieces; 1tsp green cardamom; 6-8 cloves