This is from Madhur Jaffrey’s ” Ultimate Curry Bible” and is said to be a favourite dish of the Ismaili Muslims of Kenya. Serve with Indian Breads or rice.
Ingredients
- 3 inch piece fresh ginger peeled and coarsely chopped
- 5 plump garlic cloves peeled and coarsely chopped
- sea salt
- 2 tsps lemon juice
- 4 free range chicken legs skinned and separated into drumsticks and thighs
- 140 g tomato chopped
- 90 g fresh coriander leaves and small stems
- 2-3 fresh hot green chillies coarsely chopped
- 1 tsp tomato puree
- 3 tbsps olive oil
- 250 ml natural yoghurt lightly beaten with a fork
Servings:
Instructions
- Put the ginger, garlic, 1/4 tsp salt and the lemon juice into a blender. Add about 2 tbsps water and blend until smooth.
- Place the chicken pieces in a non metallic bowl, pour the ginger mixture over the top and rub in. Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours.
- Put the tomatoes, coriander, chillies, tomato puree, 3/4 tsp salt and 2 tbsps water into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour the oil into a large non stick lidded pan and set over a high heat. When very hot put in the chicken pieces together with the marinade. Fry, stirring, for about 10 minutes until the chicken pieces are light brown.
- Add the tomato mixture from the blender and continue to cook, stirring, until the sauce is thick and clings to the chicken and the oil separates from it, about 10 minutes.
- Add the yoghurt and stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until the yoghurt disappears and leaves a thick sauce edged with oil. Cover, reduce the heat as low as possible and cook for 5-10 minutes more until the chicken is tender. Stir in 1-2 tbsps water if you think it is drying out too much.
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