Well, this thread caused me to think of nothing else by Indian food for 3 days since I read it!
Today I ended up driving 70kms to a local 'Anglais' food deli to pick up some supplies... and some specialist 'Madras' curry paste. Just finished
eating my creation, and while not a proper 'take away/restaurant' quality curry, it was not half bad, and *nearly* there. Heck I've had worse in
Indian restaurants in my time!
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons Madras Curry Paste (I used Pataks
)
2 medium onions
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic
2 chicken breasts
100g of water/chicken stock
200g chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon ground coriander powder
Creamed coconut
1 fresh red chili
Process:
I finely diced the 2 onions and cooked them with 2 cloves of garlic (crushed), salt, pepper. Continued cooking until golden.
I diced chicken breasts in to 1 inch square pieces and then added them to the cooked onions along with the remaining 2 cloves of garlic (crushed) salt
and pepper, as well as 2 tablespoons of Madras curry paste.
I cooked the chicken until sealed and cooked through.
I then added 100g of chicken stock (but water will do), and also 200g chopped tomatoes and stirred it all together well.
Left whole mixture simmering for 45 minutes, watching to make sure it did not stick to the pan.
After 30 minutes I added the creamed coconut to taste (I used about 30g), add the corainder powder to taste, and then let it all cook for the final 10
mins until nice and thick!
I served with some basmati rice, mango chutney and nan bread!
Delicious!
[edit on 9-1-2008 by Fraank Fontaine]
[edit on 9-1-2008 by Fraank Fontaine]