Chicken And Chickpea Curry

Description

Medium curry with coconut and chick peas.

Ingredients

• Chicken Breasts
• Cooking Onions
• Mushrooms
• Garlic Cloves
• Pickled Ginger
• Ghee
• Paprika
• Turmeric
• Ground Coriander
• Ground Cumin
• Green Cardamom Pods
• Bay Leaves
• Tomatoes
• Plain Yogurt
• Chickpeas
• Coconut Milk
• Salt

Instructions

1. Chop chicken, onion and mushrooms, slice garlic very thinly
2. Heat the ghee till it is just sizzling in a large wok or a heavy saucepan
3. Fry the onions with the garlic, ginger, cardamoms and bay leaves
4. Stir for 5-10 min until the onions are soft, then add the chicken, stir again for 3 min then turn down the heat so the chicken stays fairly soft
5. After 10 min stir in the mushrooms, combine all the spices and
6. Now quickly, as everything will start to stick, add the pasata, yogurt, coconut milk and the drained chick peas
7. Heat through until boiling stirring fairly often, then simmer until the sauce is quite thick but smooth possibly 20-25 min, add a little boiling water if it is reducing rapidly
8. Serve with rice or indian breads, possibly with chilled chopped fresh tomatoes