Punjabi Mum in Law's recipe for chicken curry passed on in obligatory post wedding culinary training. Use thigh meat, breast too stringy. if you have time even better with skinned thigh on bone. Its nothing fancy but really delish...
Fry 1 heaped tsp cumin seeds until fragrant in tablespoon oil, add 1 chopped onion, then as starts to soften 2-3 cloves garlic. cook until onions lovely golden colour, then add half tsp turmeric, heaped tsp ground coriander and cumin, tbsp fenugreek leaves if you have it. Then add 2 inch ginger grated, and green birdseye chilli to taste. Add half tin tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes and oil start to separate - this is the basis of a great curry so taste it and check has enough flavour. Add salt to taste but you need enough seasoning to bring out the flavours.
Then add your meat (500-700 g) and turn up heat to seal, stir so doesn't stick and add a bit of water to make more saucy (though not too much as it will release more liquid from meat). cook until meat cooked - 30 mins for thigh, 1 hour if on bone. add heaped tsp garam masala and hand full fresh coriander just before finished cooking, and adjust seasoning.
To eek out stingy meat portions I often add large potato pieces when add thigh meat (though not on bone this is best just plain), and if mood takes me tin of chickpeas, or some red and green pepper - although this is not as traditional!
Enjoy!