Chicken ball curry

Chicken ball curry

Ingredients:

     Minced chicken  - 1/2 kg

    Cinnamon - 2 inches

    Cloves - 2

    Cardamon - 2 

    Ani seeds - 11/2 teaspoon

    Medium sized onions - 2 chopped

    Ginger,garlic,cashew paste - 11/2 tablespoon

    Tomatoes -  chopped

    Finely churned coconut - 1/4 cup

    Salt - As required

    Chili powder - 11/2 teaspoon

    Coriander powder - 2 teaspoons

    Turmeric powder - 3/4 teaspoon

    Oil - 5 tablespoons

Procedure:

   Coarsely grind the minced chicken and squeeze it and keep aside (Make sure it doesn't have water).  Place the pan on the burner add oil to it.  Once the oil has been heated add Cinnamon,  Cloves, Cardamon and wait until spices releases its natural aroma.  Add onions to the spices and stir it until it become pink in colour.  After that add ginger garlic and cashew paste to it and stir it until it is cooked. In this stage add tomatoes chili , coriander and turmeric powder to the pan.  Once the mixture has been cooked, add the coconut paste to it and stir it until the mixture turned to a gravy consistency.  

     Add two table spoons of gravy to the coarsely grinded minced mixture with some coriander leaves and  little bit of salt.  Make the minced mixture into small balls and keep aside. 

     Now add two cups of water and salt to the mixture and allow it to boil.  Once the gravy is boiling, minimize the flame and add the mince balls slowly to the boiling gravy.  Keep the gravy for 20 minutes till the mince balls cooked and oil oozes out.  Garnish the curry with some coriander leaves and serve it with boiled rice.   

  


Nutrional value of chicken:

Nutrients	Amount
Basic Components
Protein	33.79 g
Water	70.81 g
Ash	1.12 g
Calories
Total Calories	223.40
Calories From Fat	79.40
Calories From Saturated Fat	22. 35
Fats
Total Fat	8.82 g
Saturated Fat	2.48 g
Mono Fat	3.44 g
Poly Fat	1.88 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A IU	105. 46 IU
Vitamin A Retinol Activity Equivalent	30.62 RE
Niacin – B3	14.41 mg
Vitamin E (alpha equiv)	0.30 mg
Folate	4.54 mcg
Minerals
Calcium	15.88 mg
Copper	0.06 mg
Iron	1.21 mg
Magnesium	30.62 mg
Manganese	0.02 mg
Phosphorus	242.68 mg
Potassium	277.83 mg
Selenium	28.01 mg
Sodium	80.51 mg
Zinc	1.16 mg
Mono Fats
18:1 Oleic	2.81 g
Poly Fats
18:2 Linoleic	1.60 g
18:3 Linolenic	0.07 g
Other Fats
Omega 3 Fatty Acids	0.11 g
Omega 6 Fatty Acids	1.68 g
Amino Acids
Alanine	1.91 g
Arginine	2.08 g
Aspartate	3.01 g
Cystine	0.44 g
Glutamate	4.99 g
Glycine	1.95 g
Histidine	1.02 g
Isoleucine	1.73 g
Leucine	2.49 g
Lysine	2.80 g
Methionine	0.92 g
Phenylalanine	1.33 g
Proline	1.53 g
Serine	1.18 g
Threonine	1.41 g
Tryptophan	0.39 g
Tyrosine	1.11 g
Valine	1.66 g