Chicken Hara Masala .

Now this is a very different Indian dish that I thing is not what people exspect when you offer them some thing called a masala.  The apple mint and yoghurt make this a light fruits almost light dish.

You will need

1 good crisp eating apple

1 medium onion

2 medium green chillies

120ml/4floz plane yoghurt

120ml/4floz coconut milk

225g/8ox diced chicken

1tsp crushed garlic

1tsp crushed ginger

1tbsp oil

Good hand full of fresh coriander

Good handful of fresh mint

25g/1oz sultanas

2 spring onions

Salt and sugar to taste.

Now start by dice your onion and your apple as fine as you can.  What you want to do is cook this down so the apple breaks up to thicken the sauce. Now if you want you can do this in a food processor but it will work just as well in the cooking pan .

In a large frying pan heat the oil and then add the apple and the onion. You have to cook on a low heat as you do not want the apple to burn or caramelise this will send the sauce a brown colure. While this is all cooking you can add the garlic and ginger. Also dice the chillies at this point , either with or with out seeds all depending on how hot you like it .

Then add the chicken and cook this so that it browns off then add the yoghurt and your coconut milk.  Now you might want to add a little water all depending on what you apple cooks like.  But the next thing to add is the sultanas, now they will take up a lot of liquid from the cooking so you will have to add a little water after that.

Finally chop your coriander and your mint together and slice the spring onion and add that to the dish to finish it.  Let is cook and then season at the end with a little salt and sugar. 

If you are looking for something spicy and cool at the same time this is the dish for you .