Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3      tablespoons   unsalted butter -- (or veg. oil)
   1      cup           chopped onion
   1      teaspoon      minced garlic
     1/2  cup           finely minced celery -- optl
   1      cup           tart apple -- peel, core and cut
                        -- into small cubes
     1/4  cup           flour
   2      tablespoons   curry powder
     3/4  teaspoon      dry mustard
   1                    bay leaf
   2 1/2  cups          unsalted broth
   3      cups          cooked chicken or any other meat cut to
                        -- bite-size pieces
     1/2  cup           milk or cream
   3      tablespoons   unsalted chutney -- fine chop

Preparation:

1. Melt butter in saucepan and add onion, garlic, celery, and apple. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. 2. Blend flour, curry powder and mustard and sprinkle over vegetables, stirring. Add bay leaf. 3. Add broth, stirring rapidly with wire whisk. When mixture has thickened, let it simmer for 15 minutes. Stir often from the bottom to prevent sticking. 4. Add meat, milk and chutney and simmer for 4 or 5 minutes longer. Serve with rice, additional chutney on the side, peanuts or other kinds of nuts, and any number of Indian relishes and raitas. Yield: about 6 servings