Chicken Curry with All the Spices Recipe
Chicken Curry with All the Spices Recipe
We absolutely love curry leaves and they make all the difference here, so it’s worth getting your hands on some. You can also freeze them for use later.
Servings
6
Prep time
Cook time
Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or ghee
- 10–12 curry leaves
- 1 large or 2 small brown onions, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tbsp apple-cider vinegar
- ½ cup crushed tomatoes
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- 6 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 lemongrass stalk, bruised
- 2 cups peeled & chopped pumpkin
- 1 chicken breast, chopped into 3–5cm pieces
- 1 cup green beans
- 1 cup coconut milk
Method
- In large saucepan, heat oil or ghee and add curry leaves, stirring until fragrant and just starting to brown.
- Add onion, garlic and ginger and cook until onion is soft.
- Add turmeric, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt and apple-cider vinegar and stir for 1–2 mins, until combined and fragrant.
- Add tomato, fennel, cardamom, cinnamon, lemongrass and pumpkin, stirring to combine.
- Cover and cook for 10 mins, or until pumpkin is just tender, checking regularly.
- If curry is looking too dry, add a little coconut milk.
- Add chicken, beans and coconut milk, and cook until chicken is cooked through.
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