Cape Chicken Curry

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 cardamom pods
• 2 sticks cassia (you can use 1/2 tsp nutmeg instead)
• 1 large tomatoes, ripe, chopped
• 1 large roasting chicken, cut up
• 5 garlic cloves (use less if you don't care for garlic)
• 3/4 inch fresh gingerroot
• 1 green chili pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon masala (if you can't find this use 2 tsp mild curry powder)
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 sprig curry leaf (if you can't find this leave it out or use lemon or lime leaves, bruised to let flavour through)
• 4 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves, chopped for garnish (you can use parsley instead)
• salt