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YOGHURT CHICKEN

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Serves: 6-8

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  • Gluten Free
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Chicken pieces marinated in herbs and spices and slow-cooked or baked with herbed spiced yogurt.

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Ingredients

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for the chicken

  • 1 chicken (on the bone, cut into pieces)
  • 3 potatoes (cubed)
  • 2 onions (sliced)
  • 2 tablespoons garam masala
  • 4 tomatoes (quartered)
  • 1 stick lemongrass
  • 1 tablespoon chilli powder
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric

for the spiced yoghurt mix

  • 0.47 litres plain yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon mint jelly
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala

Method

  1. In a pot/wok, heat some olive oil and fry onions, sliced white end of lemon grass till fragrant.
  2. Add chicken pieces and continue to fry.
  3. Cover and let cook for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the chilli, curry and turmeric powder, and cover for another 5 minutes.
  5. Add spiced yogurt mixture and reduce heat and cover the dish and cook slowly.
  6. Add potatoes pieces when chicken are half cooked. DO NOT ADD WATER AT ANY STAGE.
  7. Season with salt. When chicken is almost done, uncover the dish to allow excess moisture to escape. Gravy must be thick.
  8. Add the quartered tomatoes at this stage. The heat of the curry must cook the tomatoes, not the fire.

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