Romanian Chicken Legs in Sour Cream Sauce / Ciulama

Ingredients:

(about) 8 chicken drumsticks / 6 thighs / 6-8 pulpe de pui
2 1/2 c water / 2 1/2 cani apa (1 cana = 225 ml)
salt and pepper to taste / sare si piper dupa gust
1/2 tsp onion powder / 1/2 lgt. praf de ceapa
sour cream / 1/4 cana de smantana (2-3 linguri)
2-3 tsp. cornstarch (for thickening) / 2-3 lgt. amidon

Directions:

1. Put the chicken legs in a pot, add water, salt, pepper and onion powder, and cook on the stove on low about an hour, until the chicken is cooked.
2. Place the chicken legs in a glass dish or a oven safe dish, leaving the liquid in the pan(optional: bake on high for a few minutes to get a nice crisp). In the meantime, make the sauce in the pan: add 1/4 c of sour cream to the sauce, then thicken with cornstarch + 1/2 c water, mixing constantly, on low heat, for about 2 minutes. You can add more water if you want more sauce. Check for salt. Pour the sauce on the chicken (optional: sprinkle with chopped parsley).

Serve with potatoes and other veggetables.
(I am trying to cook healthier, ... I use water instead of broth in all my recipes, and you can't even tell the difference)

1. Se pun pulpele de pui intr-o cratita, se adauga apa, sare, piper si praful de ceapa. Se fierb inpreuna la foc mic aprox o ora, pana carnea devine frageda.
2. Se scot pulpele (fara lichid) si se pun intrun vas de iena (optional: se baga la cuptor sa se rumeneasca putin). Intre timp, se face sosul in cratita. Se adauga smantana peste lichid, apoi se ingroase cu amidon + 1/2 c apa, amestecandu-se incontinuu la foc mic. Se verifica de sare. Se toarna sosul peste pulpe, si se poate presara deasupra patrunjel taiat marunt.

Se serveste cu cartofi (salata, muraturi...)