Ingredients
50 minutes, excluding marinade time. Serves for 3 - 4 people.
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Chicken (whole chicken cut in to equal size pieces / Chicken legs / Chicken thighs / boneless chicken thighs and skins removed)
2 lbs -
Roasted Sri Lankan Curry Powder
2 ½ tbsp -
Turmeric Powder
1 tsp -
Chili powder
2 tsp -
Paprika
2 tsp -
salt or to taste (increase or reduce as needed)
3 tsp -
Garlic minced
8 cloves -
Ginger Minced
1 ½ inches Piece -
Tamarind Paste
4 tbsp
Place all the above ingredients in a bowl and mix well, make sure to coat all the chicken with all the ingredients. Marinade over night if possible or marinade until you prepare the other ingredients.
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Coconut Oil or Olive Oil
2-3 tbsp -
Yellow Onion
1 -
Whole Fresh Lemon Grass, Bruised (optional)
1 -
Curry Leaves
6 – 7 -
Pandan Leaves
2 inches -
Green Chili cut length-wise
2 – 3 -
Roma tomatoes cut into cubes
3 -
Water
1 Cup -
Lemon
1
Easy Chicken Curry
Instructions
Step 01
Add the coconut oil in to a large saucepan and heat the oil over medium heat. Add onion, green chili, curry leaves and pandan leaves and lemon grass until softened.
Step 02
Add the tomatoes to the saucepan.
Step 03
Add the marinated chicken, Cook for 10 minutes with the lid off, on medium high heat. Stir frequently to make sure the chicken or the spices don’t burn.
Step 04
Add water to the bowl that the chicken was marinading to make sure to get all the marinading ingredients in to the saucepan and bring the curry to a boil.
Step 05
If you want less gravy, add less liquid. Lower the heat, and let it simmer with the lid closed, for 20 – 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. The chicken should be completely cooked by this point. Taste the curry and taste for salt.
Step 06
If the chicken curry gravy is too thin, or there is too much of the gravy, uncover and simmer the curry for a further 5-10 minutes or longer. This step is optional, but it will allow the water to evaporate and the gravy to thicken.
Step 07
Turn off the heat and let the chicken cool down slightly and juice of half a lemon first and taste to see if you need to add the second half. Remember that curries can be adjusted to your taste!
Step 08
Serve with rice
Step 09
ENJOY!
