C46 Methi Chicken

Methi has a pungent flavour and is normally used in small quantities but in this dish it provides the dominant flavour and could be an acquired taste.

Ingredients

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1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken	1 tspn ground coriander
2 tbspn oil	¼ tspn hot chilli powder
300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)	¼ tspn salt
10 gm methi (dried fenugreek leaves)	¼ tspn garam masala
1 tspn tomato purée

Preparation

Grind the methi as finely as possible to produce a smooth sauce.

Cooking - 10½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan over a medium heat and stir fry the methi for 30 seconds.
Add 40 ml of c46 base sauce and stir for 1 min.
Stir in the salt, chilli powder, ground coriander and tomato purée and stir for 1 min.
Stir in 80 ml of c46 base sauce and simmer for 5 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.
Add the c41 pre-cooked chicken and garam masala and cook, stirring regularly, for 3 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.

Serving

Serve with rice and optionally garnished with 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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