Chicken Baluchi

This recipe originates from S.E Balochistan in Pakistan but is converted for a single portion with ingredient changes as needed to suit the BIR (British Indian Restaurant) style of cooking. A nice medium/hot curry.

Ingredients

For 1	Continued
2 - 3 tbspn oil	1 tspn chicken curry masala
120 gm onions (prepared weight)	1 tspn karahi masala
15 gm green chilli	300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
1 tspn chilli powder	1 tbspn tomato purée
½ tspn ground coriander	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
½ tspn ground cumin	1 tspn salt
½ tspn garam masala	50 gm potatoes
½ tspn turmeric	4 - 5 tbspn fresh coriander

Preparation

Roughly chop the onions.
Roughly chop the green chilli, seeds in or out depending on your heat tolerance.
Peel the potatoes and cut into about 1 inch cubes, then boil in salted water until just tender, drain and set aside.
Chop the fresh coriander.

Cooking - 8 min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onions and green chillies, stirring regularly, for 2 min.
Stir in the chilli powder, ground coriander, ground cumin, garam masala, turmeric, chicken curry masala and karahi masala, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.
Add the tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.
Stir in the c41 pre-cooked chicken, 80 ml of c46 base sauce, salt and pre-cooked potatoes and cook, stirring regularly, for 3 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.
Stir in the freshly chopped coriander and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.

Serving

Serve with rice and garnish with a little freshly chopped coriander.

Notes

(1) Dilute the 300 ml of c46 base sauce with 200 ml of water and heat before use. If defrosted from frozen the base sauce can be warmed and briefly blended to reconstitute the colour and consistency.

The main ingredients

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The finished meal

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