Ericas Spicy Chicken Korma (serves 2) I took me a few goes to perfect this recipe - its my smokey version of the classic korma, only with a sophisticated heat kick, coming largely from the amount of fresh ground pepper and gingery base notes. The key to getting this dish right is making your own fresh spice mix and cooking the onion paste thoroughly (itll be bitter if you rush this step). Instead of serving with rice or bread, Ive elected to incorporate a few sliced new potatoes into this dish. Its not a low calorie meal by any means, but it is wheat, dairy and gluten free, and much better for you than the regular restaurant version with cream, ghee and yoghurt anyway! Hope you enjoy. Spice mix... 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tbsp black peppercorns 1 tsp ground turmeric 1 tsp garam masala 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp hot smoked paprika Food processor... 5 cloves of garlic 2 dried chillies, I use chipotle (smokey) 2 large chopped onions 1 thumb of fresh ginger, peeled 2 finger chillies 1 tbsp garlic oil 4 or 5 parboiled new potatoes, sliced into thick coins 2 -3 chicken breasts, sliced into bite size pieces A good chunk of creamed coconut (1/3 of a packet) salt to taste 2 heaped tbsps ground almonds juice of 1/2 lemon 1 tin coconut milk A good squeeze of sweet chilli sauce (or honey, maple syrup, or whatever you have thats sweet) Finely chopped fresh coriander Method... 1. In a spice grinder (or pestle and mortar) whizz up spice blend. 2. In a food processor, whizz up the 2nd group of ingredients to a smooth paste. 3. Heat oil in a large non-stick pan, fry off spice mix for 1 minute on med heat. 4. Empty contents of food processor into pan, gently fry paste for 20 mins. 5. Boil a kettle and parboil new pots (simmer for 5 mins). Drain. 6. Add chicken to the hot onion paste until sealed, then add last group of ingredients (incl parboiled new pots). 7. Cover and gently bubble away for 15 mins, stirring occasionally. 8. Stir in fresh coriander, turn of heat and leave to rest for 2 mins. 9. Serve in a bowl, accompanied by crisp popadoms and cool real ale. 10. Pat yourself on the back for making a smashing curry from scratch.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:56:27 +0000
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