South African Chicken Kurma - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 - 3 lbs boiler fryer chickens (ready to cook)
2 tablespoons oil
1 whole onion
3 -4 teaspoons curry powder, to taste
3 cloves garlic, left whole just smashed a bit
1 teaspoon sugar
salt
1/2 - 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup water

Preparation

Place all ingredients into a large stock pot with a lid.
Bring to a boil on high heat for 15 minutes.
Lower heat to medium.
Simmer for one hour.
Serve over rice.