C46 Chicken Jhalfrani

This is a significantly adjusted recipe from a, now closed, Indian Restaurant. It is a medium heat and tasty curry.

Ingredients

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2 - 3 tbspn oil	1 tbspn tomato purée
50 gm onion (prepared weight)	1 tbspn coconut powder
10 gm ginger (grated)	1 tbspn ground almonds
10 gm garlic (crushed)	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
1 tspn methi (see note 1)	¼ tspn salt
2 tspn c41 mix powder	20 gm green chilli (chopped)
1 tspn chilli powder	1 tbspn fresh coriander
1 tspn garam masala (1)	3 tbspn single cream
300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)	¼ tspn garam masala (2)

Preparation

Slice the onion.
Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix with a little water to make a thin paste.
Chop the fresh coriander.
De-seed and chop the green chilli.

Cooking - 8½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onion, stirring regularly, for 2 min.
Add the ginger/garlic paste and cook, stirring. for 30 seconds.
Add the methi, c41 mix powder, chilli powder and garam masala (1) and cook, stirring, 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 as needed to prevent drying.
Add the coconut powder and ground almonds and stir to mix in, adding c46 base sauce as needed to loosen the mixture.
Add the c41 pre-cooked chicken, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for 3 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your desired sauce consistency.
Reduce the heat and stir in the green chilli, fresh coriander, single cream, and garam masala (2) and cook, stirring regularly for 1 min adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your desired sauce consistency.

Serving

Serve with rice and garnish with a little single cream and fresh coriander.

Notes

(1) Methi (Kasuri Methi) is dried fenugreek leaves and can be purchased at some supermarkets or any Indian outlet.
(2) 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

Methi

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