C50 Chicken Malvani

C46 Chicken Malvani

This was inspired by a traditional recipe from VahRehVah but converted to a single portion in the BIR (British Indian Restaurant) style with suitable ingredient changes. It comes from Malvani in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Ingredients

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2 tbspn oil	¼ tspn garam masala
½ tspn ginger (grated)	300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
½ tspn garlic (crushed)	2 level tbspn c41 malvani paste
½ tspn green chilli (chopped)	2 tspn tomato purée
1 tspn c41 malvani spice mix	1 portion c41 pre-cooked chicken
½ tspn chilli powder	¼ tspn salt
¼ tspn turmeric	1 tspn shredded coconut (see note 2)

Preparation

Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix together with a little water to make a paste.
De-seed and finely chop the green chilli.
Dry roast the coconut (see note 2) over a low flame, stirring, until dark brown but be careful not to burn, then steep in a little water to soften.

Cooking - 6½ min

Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the ginger/garlic paste and green chilli, stirring, for about 30 seconds.
Add the c41 malvani spice mix, chilli powder, turmeric and garam masala and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.
Add the c41 malvani paste, tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring, for 1 min, adding a little more 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 required to maintain the desired sauce consistency.
Reduce the heat to low and stir in the browned coconut and heat through for 1 min.

Serving

Serve with rice and garnish with a little 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.
(2) Traditionally freshly shredded coconut is used but if this is difficult to source use desiccated coconut that has been steeped in a little water instead. Frozen shredded coconut can be purchased at Asian outlets and the pictures show one brand.

The main ingredients

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The finished meal

Frozen shredded coconut

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