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c46 chicken bharta

A takeaway-style c46 chicken bharta with that authentic BIR flavour. Uses a pre-made base sauce for speed without sacrificing taste.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
17
Ingredients
8
Steps
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Requires G1The authentic choice — rich, deep flavour

G1 Base Sauce

2400 ml (8 portions) · 2+ hours · Involved

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Key ingredients

100 ml oil · 750 gm onions (prepared weight) · 1 tspn salt · 1 tbspn turmeric · 1 tspn ground coriander · ½ tspn ground cumin · +8 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)
  • 30 gm onion (prepared weight)
  • 1 tbspn onion/yogurt marinade (see pre-cooked marinated chicken )
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • 1 portion pre-cooked marinated chicken
  • ¼ tspn ground cumin
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ¼ tspn ground coriander
  • ½ tspn methi (2) (see note 3)
  • ½ tspn methi (1) (see note 1)
  • 1 tbspn freshly chopped coriander
  • ½ tspn garam masala
  • 20 gm unsalted butter
  • ½ tspn kitchen king spice mix
  • 2 tbspn yogurt
  • ½ tspn chilli powder

Method

  1. 1

    Chop the onion.

  2. 2

    Chop the fresh coriander.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onion, stirring regularly, for .

  4. 4

    Add the turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, methi (1), garam masala, kitchen king spice mix and chilli powder and cook, stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  5. 5

    Stir in the onion/yogurt marinade and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  6. 6

    Add the pre-cooked marinated chicken, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and the salt and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  7. 7

    Reduce the heat and stir in the methi, fresh coriander, butter and yogurt and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  8. 8

    Serve with rice and garnish with a little freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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