Chicken Curry with Tomato Coriander Rice

Quick Chicken Curry with Tomato & Coriander Rice

• Serves: 6
• Difficulty: easy
• Prep time:
• Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients

4 cloves garlic

1x thumb-size piece fresh ginger

5 ml (1 tsp) ground cinnamon

5 ml (1 tsp) ground cloves

5 ml (1 tsp) ground cardamom

2.5 ml (½ tsp) chilli powder

10 ml (2 tsp) ground coriander

2.5 ml (½ tsp) ground turmeric

Olive oil

1 kg skinned, deboned chicken thighs

2 onions, sliced

Handful cashew nuts

1 x 400 ml can coconut cream

Salt

For the rice

60 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil

1 onion, diced

1 cup cooked Spekko India Gate Basmati Rice

1 red chilli

1 X 400 g can plum tomatoes

Handful coriander, chopped

Method

1.  Make a paste by blitzing together the garlic cloves, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, chilli, coriander and turmeric with a few lugs of olive oil.
2. Mix with the chicken and set aside to marinate for at least 20 minutes.
3. Heat the olive oil in a pan and saute the onions until translucent.
4. Add the rice, chopped chilli and tomatoes. Cook through, breaking the tomato apart.
5. Mix in the chopped coriander just before serving.
6. To cook the chicken, heat some olive oil. Add the onions and season with a pinch of salt. Fry until caramelised. Add the chicken and seal off.
7. Mix in the cashew nuts and coconut cream. Simmer for 30 minutes until the sauce has developed in flavour and the chicken is cooked through.
8. Serve with your spiced tomato rice and some fresh coriander