Chicken curry with potatoes

This is a delicious way to introduce curry to your child at 9 months. Chicken curry is a staple in any non vegetarian Indian diet. A lot of people prefer boneless chicken--however I have found that boneless chicken can becomes dry and chewy. So if you want a tender piece, I would recommend steaming a piece of chicken on the bone and then removing the pieces. The chicken is easier to swallow and is less chewy. Sometimes boneless chicken can get dry and overcooked.

And if you don't wish to use chicken you could boil some eggs and add at the end instead.

You will need:

Cooking oil

1/2 small onion

ginger

garlic

tomato

fresh coriander leaves

chicken

Spices: cumin seeds, tumeric powder, coriander powder

In a pan, add a tspn of oil and put half a spoon of cumin seeds once the oil is hot. Chop half a small onion and fry along with the seeds. Now add ½ tspn grated ginger and one small clove of finely chopped garlic. Add one chopped large tomato. Cook till it becomes a sauce, then add ½ tspn of haldi powder and ½ tspn of coriander powder and simmer till the masalas are cooked. Now add ½ cup of deboned chicken (or a piece of chicken on the bone which once cooked you tear away from the bone and cut into manageable pieces) and chop up one potato into small pieces. Add water till the chicken and potato is covered and cook on medium heat. Add finely chopped coriander at the end and stir through. Mash or blend according to your child's preference.

Serve with rice and plain yoghurt.

This recipe tastes lovely with sweet potato or butternut squash.

If you are using a pressure cooker: Put the cooker on medium flame and after it whistles once turn off the gas.