Chicken Dopiaza
A takeaway-style chicken dopiaza with that authentic BIR flavour. Uses a pre-made base sauce for speed without sacrificing taste.
G3 Simple Fried Base
300 ml (1–2 portions) · 15 minutes · Simple
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
- 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
Slice the onion into rings.
- 2
Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the onions, stirring frequently, for .
- 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
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
Stir in the garam masala and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the required sauce consistency.
- 6
Serve with rice and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.