Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken balti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Chicken Balti is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chicken Balti is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken balti using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Balti:
- Take 220 grams boneless skinless chicken thighs diced
- Prepare 1 tbsp lime juice
- Get 1/2 tsp hot smoked paprika
- Prepare 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- Make ready stick Cinnamon
- Get 2 cardamom pods
- Make ready 1/2 green chilli
- Get Sprinkling of cumin seeds
- Make ready 1/2 onion diced
- Get 1 inch of, coarsely grated ginger
- Get 1 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Get 150 ml passata
- Prepare 1/2 red pepper sliced
- Get 1 medium tomato chopped
- Take Large handful baby spinach
- Take handful fresh coriander, chopped
- Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
- Get 75 ml water
This chicken Balti was actually one of the first curry house/Balti house recipes I learned while doing recipe research. Not that I didn't like the chicken Balti that was served to me that day! This fresh-tasting easy chicken balti curry is a delicious recipe to have up your sleeve when you're cooking for two. Add the chicken pieces and the yoghurt and stir to coat the chicken.
Steps to make Chicken Balti:
- Put the chicken in a medium bowl. Mix in the lime juice, paprika, chilli powder and a grinding of black pepper, set aside to marinate whilst we prepare the veggies.
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a non-stick pan. Place in the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, chilli and cumin seeds, and stir to release the flavour. Add in the onion, garlic and ginger and fry over a medium-high heat for 3-4 mins until the onion starts to turn brown.
- Add the remaining oil, then drop in the chicken and stir-fry for 2-3. Then pour in the turmeric, cumin, ground coriander and garam masala into the pan, turn down the heat so it slowly simmers for a few mins, then add the passata the water, then add the slices of pepper.
- Keep the heat low so it slowly simmers down which should be 15 – 20 minutes. Leave it longer if you like it just gets better
- Once the chicken is tender add the chopped tomato, simmer for 2-3 mins, then add the spinach and turn it over in the pan to just wilt. If you want to thin down the sauce, splash in a little more water.Enjoy
- Enjoy
Chicken curry stir-fry in balti pot, or flat-bottomed wok, with peppers and onion. I find it easier to prepare the curry sauce first and allow it to cook slowly on low heat while I prepare the. Well, well, well, what can I say about the wonderful dish that is the Balti? It seems to be a bit controversial, with many arguing over its origins. Balti is a fast cooked dish, traditionally over a high flame and served in the very bowl it's cooked in.
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