Authentic Punjabi Curry

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Okey dokey here goes, now like a Classic Italian sauce base the key ingredients for a curry are basically the same.

So for 3 chicken breasts you will need

3 chicken breasts cut into good chunks
2 large onions
Half a tin of tomatoes ( chopped or whole doesn't matter)
3 teaspoons of Garam Masala
1 teaspoon of red chilli powder
1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
2 -3 tablespoons of cooking oil / olive oil
3 garlic cloves ( crushed chopped etc)
2 inches by 1 inche of fresh ginger ( grated or finely diced)
4 small green chillis ( seeds left in and chopped)

Base

Dice onions .

Add oil to a good heavy bottom saucepan put stove on low to medium flame.

Add onions , now this is THE MOST IMPORTANT BIT , they should be sizzling gently, no hard frying. You need to cook these down until they have become soft and taken on a nice light to medium brown colour . If you burn the onions start again.

Add garlic, ginger and green chillies, cook out the rawness ( probably 5mins) but keep an eye on it. Don't let them burn.

Turn heat up from medium to 3/4 full, add spices and stir and fry for 30 seconds . Don't burn spices.

Add tomatoes and stir and fry the whole lot for 1 minute (the hob heat / gas flame should be high enough to hear good sizzling sounds ) add one cup of water and continue to Cook out the base ( sauce) until you see small amounts of the cooking oil start to separate or rise from the sauce ( weird one to explain but you will see).

Add chicken ( we don't brome meat no need to).

Then just add enough water to barely cover the chicken and on a good simmer cook until chicken done.

Then to get a thicker sauce ( as it may be watery ) take lid of pan, blast heat up and reduce the liquid until you have the consistency you like .

We add single cream and a touch of sour cream for butter chicken ( purely optional ).

I will re read Post to ensure no silly typos ,

Ta mr p.

[CaptainChaos]

That'll never all fit in my Mini Protank 2!

[DiscoDes]

Garam Masala is a Aromatic Spice mix and should only be added at the end IMO.

Also Garlic and Ginger paste is great for making an "authentic" style base and is available in most good Asian Food stores.

As you say chicken "on the bone" adds a richness that you don't get with lean meat. All curries I ate as a boy were done this way.



PS my Mum & Dad were "Anglo's"

[taz96]

Thank you purple 1234..I love curry but can never quite get it right. I will have a go at this soon.

[Super-Shiny]

Sod that, i just get some: groceries.iceland.co.uk/frozen-indian-meals?q=:relevance&view=list

Add some Basmati rice and a naan bread, good to go

EDIT: Forgot to add, i cannot go near boned skinned chicken breasts as they squeak

[ronaldo]

garam masala is the only thing i dont have in where will i buy it

[teethcv]

Apr 22, 2014 19:02:28 GMT ronaldo said:

garam masala is the only thing i dont have in where will i buy it

this will give you a proper ring of fire in the morning

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Leave the onions out if you want to send me a sample of your cooking. It will be good practice for when I get meals on wheels delivered in 20 years.


I will tell me brother about the recipe, he's into indian cooking?

Thanks for sharing

[ronaldo]

the more onions for me the better

[kalbo]

Lamb Masala Kalbo stylee
Turmeric
Ground coriander seeds
Garam masala
X hot chilli powder
Methi leaf

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Apr 22, 2014 18:57:53 GMT DiscoDes said:

Garam Masala is a Aromatic Spice mix and should only be added at the end IMO.

Also Garlic and Ginger paste is great for making an "authentic" style base and is available in most good Asian Food stores.

As you say chicken "on the bone" adds a richness that you don't get with lean meat. All curries I ate as a boy were done this way.



PS my Mum & Dad were "Anglo's"

Typo I meant we don't brown meat

Yes you can use chicken on bone, the chicken breast was an example of meat quantity.

Two types of garam massla , the very fine powdery stuff which you can add at the end or the more coarsley ground powder which is cooked to release it's aromatics.

[Deleted]

Garam masala - any Indian supermarket / grocery shop will sell it.

Read below , you can buy ready ground or grind yourself ( in a coffee mill etc)

www.healthysupplies.co.uk/garam-masala.html


ronaldo

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kalbo , dude you could have posted instructions that curry looks propa!!

[sammy13]

Could you give me the recipe, with no tomatoes please?

[sammy13]

Apr 22, 2014 19:12:23 GMT kalbo said:

Lamb Masala Kalbo stylee
Turmeric
Ground coriander seeds
Garam masala
X hot chilli powder
Methi leaf

There is not alot there though, apart from that looks wonderful