C46 Chicken Jharkhand

This is a traditional regional curry from Bihar and Jharkhand states in the north east region of India.
It is traditionally cooked with mustard oil but mustard seeds are used here instead.
It has been converted to a single portion in the BIR (British Indian Restaurant) style.

Ingredients

For 1	...Continued
2 - 3 tbspn oil	1 tspn methi (see note 1)
2 tspn black mustard seeds	¼ tspn turmeric
70 gm onion (prepared weight)	½ - 1 tspn chilli powder
1 tspn ginger (grated)	300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)
1 tspn garlic (crushed)	2 tspn tomato purée
1½ tspn garam masala	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
1½ tspn ground coriander	¼ tspn salt
1½ ground cumin	1 green chilli (approx 15 gm prepared weight)

Preparation

Chop the onion.
Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix together with a little water to make a thin paste.
De-seed and thinly slice the green chilli.

Cooking - 8½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onion and mustard seeds, stirring regularly, for 2 min.
Add the ginger/garlic paste and cook, stirring for ½ min.
Add the garam masala, ground coriander, ground cumin, methi, turmeric and chilli powder and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.
Add the tomato pueée and 40 ml c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.
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 the desired sauce consistency.
Stir in the green chilli and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

Serving

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

Notes

(1) Methi (Kasuri Methi) is dried fenugreek leaves and can be purchased at some supermarkets or any Indian outlet.
(2) Dilute the c46 base sauce with 200 ml of water and heat before use. If defrosted from frozen, warm and briefly blend to restore the original colour and consistency.

The main ingredients

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The finished meal

Methi

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