Curry according to Dad

I cooked a decidedly yummy curry this evening, which due to lack of ingredients didn't really correspond at all to the recipe I originally looked at.  So, in the interests of possibly one day recreating this dish, here's the recipe:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 onions
• 3 cloves garlic
• 4 bay leaves
• 6 cloves
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 1 Tbsp paprika
• 1 can tomatoes
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/2 cup milk (because I didn't really have enough yogurt...)
• 4 chicken thigh cutlets
• a splash of salt

That's all that I remember putting in anyway!  Cook in the usual way:  fry the onion and garlic in the butter, add the spices.  Cook for a few minutes.  Brown the chicken in the spices.  Add the tomatoes, yogurt, milk, 1 cup water.  Cook for an hour or two (or if, like me, you're pressed for time, the pressure cooker works well!).  And there you have it.  Curry according to Dad.