Chicken Vindaloo Recipe

Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 1/4 kg, skinned and cut into 8 pieces
Onions - 2 large, finely sliced
Vinegar - 4 tblsp
Cinnamon Stick - 5 cm piece
Green Chillies - 2 to 4, slit and seeded (optional)
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil - 3 tblsp
Small Potatoes - 1/2 kg, peeled

Grind to a paste with 2 tblsp of Vinegar:
Dried Red Kashmiri Chillies - 4 to 8
Fresh Ginger Root - 2 1/2 cm piece
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Method:
1. Heat oil and fry onion in it till pale gold.
2. Add masala paste and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add pieces of chicken, 2 tblsp of vinegar, cinnamon sticks, green chillies and salt and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add 1 cup hot water, bring to the boil then simmer, covered, till chicken s cooked or cook chicken in pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
5. 15 minutes before the chicken is ready, add potatoes and allow chicken and potatoes to cook together.
6. When chicken is cooked, add sugar, taste and add more if desired.