Dish of Chicken Liver Curry
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Chicken Liver Curry


Kenya

Serves:
Effort:
Sched:
DoAhead:  
4 w/rice
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1-1/2 hrs
Yes
Indian style curries are quite familiar in East Africa due to thousands of years of trade across the Indian Ocean. Chicken livers are very popular and relatively expensive there.

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Chicken Livers
Garlic
Ginger Root
-- Coating
Flour
Salt
Paprika
-- Vegies
Tomatoes
Onions
Cilantro
-- Spices
Curry Powder (1)  
Turmeric
Cumin
Salt
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Oil, deep fry
Oil (more)
Coconut Milk
Garam Masala (2)  
Lime Juice

This recipe has two break points for clean-up and other tasks.

PREP   -   (40 min)
  1. Rinse LIVERS and drain. Remove any fat or plumbing clinging to them. Slice into strips about 1 inch wide by the thickness of the liver.
  2. Crush GARLIC and chop fine. Slice GINGER very thin crosswise and chop fine. Mix and pound to paste in a mortar. Mix thoroughly with Livers and set aside for 20 minutes or more.
  3. Mix Flour, Salt and Paprika.
  4. Scald TOMATOES 1 minute in boiling water, quench in cold water and chop fine.
  5. Chip ONION small.
  6. Chop CILANTRO medium.
  7. Mix Spices items.
  8. Squeeze LIME JUICE.
LIVERS   -   (20 min)
  1. Dredge Livers in the Flour mix and lay out on a large plate.
  2. In a kadhai or steel wok, heat Oil for deep fry to about 350°F/175°C. Fry Livers in batches, using your wok shovel to tumble them and break up clumps. They will get to a medium brown very quickly, and may not be cooked through - but don't worry about that, they get more cooking. Strain out with your spider, drain on paper towels and set aside.
CURRY   -   (20 min)
  1. In a sauté pan, heat Oil and fry Onions, stirring until translucent. Stir in Tomatoes and continue to fry stirring until Tomatoes are cooked down and oil starts to separate.
  2. Stir in Spices mix for 1 minute, then the Cilantro for 1 minute.
  3. Stir in Livers for 1 minute, then stir in the Coconut milk and bring to a boil.
  4. Adjust Liquid with boiled water as needed. For serving alone with rice I like it to have more liquid than shown in the photo.
  5. Stir in Garam Masala and Lime Juice and take off the heat.
  6. Serve hot with steamed Jasmine rice.
NOTES:
  1. Curry Powder:

      A standard Madras Curry Powder will work fine here.
  2. Garam Masala:

      This is an Indian finishing spice mix. It differs from region to region and household to household, but our recipe Garam Masala #1 is pretty typical, at least for northwestern India.
  3. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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