A Fantastic Chicken Madras Recipe

Madras sauce or madras curry originated in south India, in a city called Madras, but is now known as Chennai. It is pretty hot, red in colour and uses chilli powder quite heavily.

The chicken breast recipe below is a fairly standard dish, but it can be made with beef or vegetarian. It’s origins were a Hindu dish (and thus vegetarian) but this recipe can be found in every curry house around the world.

The recipe below serves 4 people and be made in around an hour.

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts, 2 large onions, 2 small green chillies, 3 cloves, 2 cardamom pods, 2cm cube piece root ginger, 4 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 tin chopped tomatoes, 1 teaspoon garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and cooking oil.

Method:

1. Heat some oil in a large pan over a high heat and add the cardamom and cloves.

2. While the cloves and cardamom cook slice the chicken meat into bite sized chunks, around 1″ across and also cut the chillies into small pieces without removing any seeds. By this time the cloves and cardamom should be frying nicely.

3. Take the two onions and peel off the skin. Then cut into small chunks and add them to the pan. Turn the heat to medium and slowly fry the onions until they are golden.

4. Crush the garlic cloves into the pan and mix in well with a wooden spoon. Chop the green chillies into little chunks and add these and then take the lump of ginger and grate over the pan. Fry the mixture for 30 seconds.

5. Now we add most of the other flavours – add the cumin, coriander, turmeric and chilli powder, continuously stiring your mixture with a wooden spoon. Add a couple of pinches of salt.

6. Add the chicken and 50ml of water into the pan. Continue to stir for another 2 minutes.

7. Add your final ingredients – the nutmeg and chopped tomatoes. Turn the heat to medium and allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

8. When you are happy the chicken is thoroughly cooked serve on warm plates, sprinkle with garam masala and chopped coriander and serve with naan bread.

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