Recipe for Chicken Bhuna

Chicken Bhuna

For 1

1 chicken breast

1 tbspn tomato purée

½ onion

1 tspn curry powder

½ tspn hot chilli powder

1 tspn green chilli

2 cloves garlic

1 tspn ginger

2 tbspn vegetable oil

2 tbspn coriander leaves

½ tspn Garam Masala

2 cardamom pods

1 tomato

1 green pepper

Cube the chicken.
Chop the pepper into 1in squares.
Finely chop the onion.
Crush the garlic.
Grate the ginger.
Finely chop the green chilli.
De-seed the cardamom pods and lightly crush in a pestle and mortar.
Use 2 tspn of water to make a paste from curry powder, chilli powder and cardamom seeds.
Chop the tomato into 8 pieces.

Heat a wok and add oil.
Fry the onion for 3 min.
Add garlic, ginger, green pepper and green chilli and stir fry over a medium heat for 2 min.
Add the curry/chilli/cardamom paste, stir, and fry for 30 sec.
Add the chicken and fry for about 2 min to seal on all sides.
Add the masala sauce and tomato purée and cook for 10 - 15 min to thicken the sauce, stirring often.
Add the garam masala and stir well.
Reduce the heat and add the tomatoes, stir and cover the pan.
Cook for 3 min without stirring.
Add the whole coriander leaves, stir briefly.