Teodoro De Regibus says, this Madras does not hold back on flavour, freshness or spice!
Ingredients: serves up to 4
For the curry:
2 chicken breasts (roughly cut into chunks)
5 tomatoes
2 onions (peeled and finely chopped)
1 tbpsn tomato puree
300ml chicken stock
Handful of fresh coriander (plus extra for garnish)
1 tbpsn fresh grated ginger (for garnish)
Sunflower oil or Ghee (I prefer Ghee)
For the paste:
3 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
1 tbspn cumin
1 tbspn garam masala
1 tspn hot madras curry powder
1 tspn dried chilli flakes
1 tbpsn fresh ginger (grated)
1 tbspn coriander seeds
1 tspn black peppercorns
Juice of half a lemon
1 tspn sunflower oil (or Ghee)
Make it !
For the paste: Lightly toast the coriander seeds and black peppercorns in a pan and then bash them in a pestle and mortar or use a spice grinder. Add them to a small mixing bowl and then add all the other ingredients to make the paste. Mix well with the lemon juice and sunflower oil and put to one side.
Heat a large pan with 2 tbpsn sunflower oil. Add the chicken to the pan with the onions, garlic and a pinch of salt and cook on a medium heat for a 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes to a bowl of hot water. Leave for 1 – 2 minutes. During this time you can add the paste to the pan, making sure it is mixed well with the chicken and onions.
Gently scoop out the tomatoes and peel the skins off. Roughly chop into chunks and add to the pan. Leave to simmer gently for around 10 minutes.
Stir in the tomato puree and then pour in the chicken stock. Put on a medium/ high heat and leave to simmer for around 20 minutes – giving it a stir regularly, let it reduce well, it should be a thick sauce not runny.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the coriander and a little bit of grated ginger.
Serve with Rice some more fresh coriander,.