doro wat - Ethiopian chicken curry

Name: doro wat - Ethiopian chicken curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 2 cups onions - coarsely chopped; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 cup water; 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into 3 pieces per thigh; 1/6 lemon (juiced); 2 tbsp Ethiopian berbere (- increasingly available at specialty food shops. If salt is listed in the first 4 ingredients keep looking.); 2/3 tsp kosher salt (- use a bit less if you are using table salt); 1 pinch fenugreek seed ( - like 3-4 seeds); 1 black cardamom pod; 2 tbsp garlic ginger paste (- see notes); 4 tbsp ghee