C46 Chicken Punjabi Masala

There are many recipes for this curry to be found on-line and this version is influenced by these but uses a mix of spices and a totally changed cooking technique in the style of BIR (British Indian restaurant). It is a super tasty medium curry. It originates from the state of Punjab in north India.

Ingredients

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2 - 3 tbspn oil	½ tspn turmeric
½ tspn ginger (grated)	300 ml c46 base sauce (see note 3)
½ tspn garlic (crushed)	1 tbspn tomato purée (preferably Heinz ®)
30 - 40 gm green pepper	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
1 tbspn tandoori masala (see note 1)	½ tspn salt
1 tspn garam masala	1 fresh tomato
½ tspn chilli powder	1 tspn tomato ketchup
½ tspn methi (see note 2)

Preparation

Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix together with a little water to make a thin paste.
Deseed the green pepper and cut into approx ½ inch squares.
Cut the tomato into wedges.

Cooking - 6½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the ginger/garlic paste, stirring, for ½ min.
Add the tandoori masala, garam masala, chilli powder, methi, and turmeric and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.
Add the green pepper, tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min.
Add the c41 pre-cooked chicken, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the desired sauce consistency.
Add the fresh tomato and cook, stirring regularly, for 2 min, adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the desired sauce consistency.
Stir in the tomato ketchup and cook, stirring regularly, for 1 min, adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

Serving

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

Notes

(1) Tandoori Masala is a spice mix that can be purchased at many supermarkets.
(2) Kasuri methi is dried fenugreek leaves and this can be purchased at many supermarkets or any Asian outlet.
(3) 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

Tandoori Masala

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Kasuri Methi

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