Ramadhan Special: Chicken and potato curry

 

 

 

Ingredients

Serves : 4 

• 1 chicken, about 1.35 kg, jointed into 8 pieces
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 4-cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• juice of ½ lemon
• pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons (30ml) vegetable oil
• 1 dried red chilli, halved
• 1 teaspoon brown or black mustard seeds
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon besan/ chickpea flour
• 3 garlic cloves, roughly crushed
• ½ green capsicum, thinly sliced
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
• 2 potatoes, peeled
• 2 cups thinly sliced green cabbage, about 150 g
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed and drained

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Directions

Prep:1hr  ›  Cook:45min  ›  Ready in:1hr45min 

1. Remove the skin from the chicken joints. Cut 3–4 slashes in the flesh of each joint, right to the bone. Mix together the turmeric, ginger, lemon juice and a little salt, then rub all over the chicken joints. Refrigerate and marinate for about 30 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Add the dried chilli and the mustard, fennel and cumin seeds, and let them splutter and pop for a few minutes. Stir in the cinnamon and besan flour. Watch carefully to be sure the spices do not burn, as this can happen very quickly.
3. Add the garlic, capsicum and onion to the spice mixture and cook for a few minutes, stirring. Add the chicken and tomatoes and stir to mix. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in a saucepan of boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain and cut into bite-sized pieces. Blanch the cabbage in a separate pan of boiling water for 1 minute, then drain.
5. Add the potatoes and cabbage to the curried chicken and stir in. Cover the pan again and continue to simmer over a moderately low heat for 20–25 minutes, or until the chicken is completely cooked and tender. Add the peas and warm through for a few minutes before serving.