Ingredients:
1 chicken -- cut up (3-pound)
1 c water
1/2 c plain yogurt
1 tb lemon juice
2 Cloves garlic -- minced
2 ts grated fresh ginger OR 1/2
teaspoon
-- ground ginger
1 t tumeric
1 t salt
1 t paprika
1 t curry powder
1/4 t pepper
2 tbs vegetable or olive oil
2 ts cornstarch
2 ts cold water
Method:
Place chicken in a single layer in a
glass or pottery dish. Combine
water, yogurt, lemon juice, garlic,
ginger, tumeric, salt, paprika,
curry powder, and pepper; pour over
chicken and marinate at room
temperature for 1 hour. Remove
chicken from marinade, brushing off
as much of marinade as possible
(reserve marinade). Heat oil in a 4-
or 6-quart Presto pressure cooker.
Brown chicken, a few pieces at a
time; set aside. Return all chicken
to pressure cooker. Pour marinade
over chicken. Close pressure cooker
cover securely. Place pressure
regulator on vent pipe. Cook for 8
minutes, at 15 pounds pressure, with
regulator rocking slowly. Cool
pressure cooker at once. Remove
chicken pieces to a warm platter.
Mix cornstarch with cold water;
blend into hot liquid. Cook and stir
until mixture boils and thickens.
Pour sauce over chicken.