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Chicken Dopiaza

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

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
10
Ingredients
6
Steps
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Requires G3Make just enough for tonight

G3 Simple Fried Base

300 ml (1–2 portions) · 15 minutes · Simple

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Key ingredients

1 tbspn oil · 100 gm onion (prepared weight) · 1 tspn garlic (finely chopped) · 1 tspn ginger (finely grated) · 2 tbspn chopped tomatoes · 2 heaped tspn tomato purée · +6 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • 1 portion pre-cooked chicken
  • ½ onion (150 gm prepared weight)
  • ½ tspn garam masala
  • 100 ml Simple Fried Base Sauce
  • ½ tspn ground cumin
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn coriander seeds
  • ½ tspn hot chilli powder
  • ¼ tspn fenugreek powder

Method

  1. 1

    Slice the onion into rings.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the onions, stirring frequently, for .

  3. 3

    Stir in the chilli powder, cinnamon, cumin, ground coriander and fenugreek and cook, stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce as needed to prevent drying and burning.

  4. 4

    Add the chicken, salt and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the required sauce consistency.

  5. 5

    Stir in the garam masala and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the required sauce consistency.

  6. 6

    Serve with rice and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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