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'Kuku Paaka' - COCONUT CHICKEN
WITH BOILED EGGS AND POTATOES

SAVOURY SNACK ServeD with MAKATE MIMINA

Coastweek - - This much-loved snack pastry is taken from
'A Taste Of Our Cooking': a community recipe collection
courtesy of Ismailia Womens' Organisation United Kingdom.

INGREDIENTS:

• One three and a half pound chicken, skinned and cut into pieces
• Two green chillies, slit
• One tsp garlic paste
• One tsp ginger paste
• Three to four tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• Two to three small onions, chopped
• One pkt coconut cream
• One pint water
• Half a tsp turmeric
• Three tbsp lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• Few coriander leaves, chopped
• Five boiled eggs, shelled (optional)
• Six boiled and skinned potatoes (optional).

Preparation & cooking time: approx. sixty minutes

Method

Boil the chicken with half a tsp salt, garlic, ginger, ground green chillies, onions and two tomatoes until the chicken is cooked

In a separate saucepan put the coconut cream, one pint water, one to two tomatoes, slit green chillies, salt and a little turmeric, and bring to boil, stirring all the time.

Cook on high heat for fifteen to twenty minutes and then reduce heat

When the chicken is cooked, pour a little of the coconut cream gravy over the pieces and grill on both sides for a few minutes

Transfer the grilled chicken into the coconut gravy and cook for a while

Turn off the heat and add lemon juice

Add the boiled eggs and potatoes (optional)

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves

.One of the following would make a perfect accompaniment:
mkate mimina, paratha, naan or rice

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