One Hundred Almond Curry

In my mother’s house and in my grandmother’s, One Hundred Almond Curry was always regarded as one of the great festive dishes because of the double extravagance of chicken and almonds. The idea seems quaint now, when chicken is an everyday food both here and in India, and especially in a place like California, where almonds can be used in heedless abundance. Because it’s inauspicious to count things out in even numbers, the masala for this curry always has an extra almond added to it, just