Curried Chicken
Ingredients
- 1/4 pound desiccated coconut
- pint of boiling water
- 1 chicken, cut into pieces
- 2 ounce butter or good dripping
- finely chopped onion
- 1 Tbsp curry powder
- pinch ground cloves
- pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
Put desiccated coconut to soak in a pint of boiling water for a couple of hours. Sieve and strain. Only the liquid is used. Cut up a chicken or use chicken pieces. Melt butter or good dripping in pan, add finely chopped onion, curry powder, a pinch of ground cloves and cinnamon. Fry stirring constantly, till brown. Add chicken pieces and fry these until brown. Add salt, the warmed coconut liquid. Cover saucepan, and simmer gently till chicken is tender.