Sri Lankan Chicken Curry | Umami

Ingredients

• 2 - 3 tbsp coconut oil
• ½ onion (yellow or red, diced or sliced.)
• 4 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 inch ginger (minced)
• 6 - 7 curry leaves or 2 bay leaves
• 2 ½ tbsp roasted Sri Lankan curry powder
• 1 cinnamon stick (or 1 small regular cinnamon stick)
• ½ tsp salt (plus more to taste)
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper (or chili powder, less if you like it less spicy. PLEASE SEE NOTES)
• 1 tbsp paprika (not smoked or sweet paprika)
• 2 lbs chicken, (whole chicken cut into sections OR any bone-in chicken thigh or leg pieces, large thigh pieces should be cut in half)
• 2 serrano peppers (or regular green chili) (cut length-wise, with or without seeds)
• 3 roma tomatoes (cut into cubes, or 2 medium-sized regular tomatoes)
• 2 tsp brown sugar (see notes)
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar (PLEASE SEE NOTES)
• ½ cup coconut milk (PLEASE SEE NOTES)
• ½ cup water