C46 Karahi Chicken

If you ask "what is the difference between a Balti and a Karahi" many will say they are the same thing, only differentiated by the chef´s interpretation. A Balti and a Karahi refer to the same style of cooking pan (similar to a wok but having 2 handles), but a Balti should have more aromatic spices whereas a Karahi should be more robustly spiced. This is an updated version but the previous recipe is still available here.

Ingredients

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2 tbspn oil	½ tspn garam masala (1)
50 gm onion (prepared weight)	¼ tspn turmeric
1 tspn green chilli (chopped)	300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
3 tbspn chopped tomato	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
½ tspn ginger (grated)	¼ tspn salt
½ tspn garlic (crushed)	½ tspn ground coriander (2)
½ tspn chilli powder	1/8 tspn garam masala (2)
½ tspn ground coriander (1)

Preparation

Finely slice the onion.
Chop the green chilli - discard or use the seeds - your choice.
Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix together with a little water, to make a paste.

Cooking - 7½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onions, green chilli and tomato, stirring regularly, for 2 min.
Stir in the ginger/garlic paste and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
Add the chilli powder, ground coriander (1), garam masala (1) and turmeric and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.
Add the chicken, salt and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for 3 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.
Stir in the ground coriander (2) and garam masala (2) and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

Serving

Serve with rice and optionally garnish 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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