Chicken with anise

1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 medium garlic clove, chopped 1 teaspoon New Mexico chile powder* (optional) 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2[...]

1 lb plum tomato , seeded, coarsely chopped shopping list 1/2 lb feta cheese , diced 12 kalamata olives or 12 other similar olives, pitted, coarsely chopped 2[...]

1 kg chicken , chopped into bite sized pieces 2 onions , quartered 3 potatoes , cut into small wedges 2 Tomatoes , quartered 1/3 cup tomato paste 150 ml water[...]

1/4 cup blanched almond 1 cinnamon stick , broken into pieces (2 to 3 inch) 1/2 teaspoon coriander seed 1/2 teaspoon anise seed 1/4 cup sesame seeds 4 whole[...]