Monday 17 June 2013

Thick Chicken Curry With Greek Yogurt


This is a very simple chicken curry recipe and I've added a little greek yogurt in place of coconut cream to make it nice and creamy without the added calories from coconut cream.

I started off by making into paste the onions (I used a mix of spanish and red), garlic and ginger. 




Go on and puree one tomato.




Peel and cube one potato and keep aside.



Prepare all the spices ingredients.



In a pan, heat some oil and fry all the spices ingredients till fragrant.



Add the onion, garlic and ginger paste and fry for 1 minute or so. 



Stir in the pureed tomato and continue to fry for another minute.



Add the chicken pieces and cubed potatoes and mix well.




To that add some Baba's meat curry powder and combine well. Add some water and mix well. Add salt to taste and cover the pan. Let it simmer in medium low heat for 30 minutes, until the potatoes are fork tender.





Lastly, add some greek style yogurt and continue to cook for a minute or so.



Remove from heat and serve hot with rice or chapathi.




THICK CHICKEN CURRY WITH GREEK YOGURT
INGREDIENTS:
To make paste:
4 onions (2 spanish, 2 red)
5 cloves garlic
1 inch ginger

To puree:
2 tomatoes

Spices:
1 bay leaf
1 cinnamon stick
3 star anise
5 cloves
1/4 tsp cumin, heaped
1/2 tsp fennel
4 cardamom pods, lightly crushed
3 dry chilies

Other ingredients:
500g chicken, cut into pieces
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 1/2 tbsp Baba's meat curry powder, heaped
4 1/2 cups water
1 tbsp greek style yogurt (heaped), or plain yogurt
3-4 tbsp oil
Salt to taste.

METHOD:
1) Make into paste all the to make paste ingredients.
2) Puree 2 tomatoes.
3) In a pan heat 3-4 tbsp oil and fry all the spices ingredients for a minute till fragrant.
4) Add the onion, garlic and ginger paste and fry for 1-2 minutes till fragrant.
5) Add the pureed tomatoes nd continue to fry for another minute.
6) Add the chicken pieces and cubed potatoes and mix well.
7) Add the Baba's meat curry powder and combine well.
8) Add water and salt to taste and mix well. Cover the pan and let the curry simmer in medium low heat until the potatoes are fork tender.
9) Once the chicken and potatoes are done, stir in the greek style yogurt and continue to cook for 1-2 minutes.
10) Remove from heat and serve hot with rice or chapathi.

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