Spiced Indian Chicken with Pilau
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
20 min.
Preparation
ready in 55 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 5 cups Chicken breasts (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 2 Tbsps Ghee
- 1 ½ inches fresh ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 clove garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp ground Cumin
- ½ tsp ground cilantro
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 2 cups chopped Tomatoes (tin)
- For the rice
- 1 tsp ground Turmeric
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 ½ cups Basmati rice
Preparation steps
1.
Fry the chicken in a large frying pan in hot ghee for 1-2 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper and garam masala, fry briefly and then add the tomatoes and approx. 150 ml water. Add a little salt and simmer gently for around 30 minutes. Stir from time to time and add a little more water if required.
2.
Add the turmeric, cumin and a little salt to the stock and bring to the boil. Add the rice, cover and simmer for around 20 minutes over a low heat.
3.
Finally, season the curry to taste with salt and ground black pepper and arrange on plates with the rice. Serve with naan bread and yoghurt dip if desired.
