Chicken Marsala Balls

Boneless chicken, onions, fresh
coriander leaves, dry red chillis,
ginger, garlic, cashewnuts and
roasted spices are ground to smooth
paste and shaped into bite sized balls.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound boneless chicken pieces
1/4 cup onions finely sliced
8-10 fresh green chillis
5-6 dry red chillis
15-20 garlic flakes
3″ piece ginger chopped
small bunch coriander leaves, chopped
4 tbsps coriander seeds
1 1/2 tbsps cumin seeds
2″ cinnamon stick
3 green cardamoms
5-6 cloves
20 cashewnuts
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Directions:
Heat a tbsp of oil in cooking pot.
Add the cumin seeds, coriander seeds,
cardamom, cloves, cinnamom, red chillis
and cashewnuts and stir for a minute
until a nice aroma emanates the whole kitchen.
Be careful not to burn the spices. Cool.
First grind the roasted ingredients
along with ginger, garlic and
green chillis to a coarse paste.
Next add the chopped raw onions,
coriander leaves, chicken and salt
and grind further to form a smooth paste.
Add a tbsp of oil to the ground mixture
and mix thoroughly before shaping
into small lemon sized balls.
Heat oil for deep frying.
Once its piping hot, reduce heat
to medium and place these balls
in the oil and fry them to a crisp,
golden brown color.