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Chicken Elaichi (Cardamom)

A classic British Indian Restaurant chicken elaichi (cardamom) made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Medium
Difficulty
17
Ingredients
14
Steps
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Requires G2Quick & clever — surprisingly authentic

G2 Quick Base Sauce

1200 ml (4 portions) · 10 minutes · Easy

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Key ingredients

½ of a 415 gm tin french onion soup (200 ml) · 1 tin (400 gm) tomato soup · 1 tbspn oil · ½ tspn salt · 1½ tspn garlic granules · 1½ tspn ground coriander · +2 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 tbspn oil
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • 3 green cardamom pods (See note 1)
  • ¼ tspn chilli powder
  • 4 curry leaves (dried are ok)
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)
  • 50 gm onions (prepared weight)
  • 3 tbspn chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tspn chopped ginger
  • 3 green chillies (See note 3)
  • 1 tspn chopped garlic
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 1 tbspn chopped coriander
  • ½ tspn ground coriander
  • 2 or 3 tbspn double cream (optional - see note 4)
  • ½ - ¾ tspn cardamom seeds (could use powder)

Method

  1. 1

    Crush the 3 cardamom pods to split them open and set aside with the curry leaves.

  2. 2

    Finely dice the onion.

  3. 3

    Finely chop the ginger.

  4. 4

    Finely chop the garlic.

  5. 5

    Crush sufficient cardamom pods to produce ¾ tspn of seeds and crush to a powder in a pestle and mortar (more can be used as a garnish).

  6. 6

    De-seed 2 of the chillies and chop into small 'match stick' sized pieces (See picture).

  7. 7

    Split the 3rd chilli lengthwise and set aside with the other chillies.

  8. 8

    Chop the fresh coriander.

  9. 9

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the 3 cardamom pods and 4 curry leaves until aromatic.

  10. 10

    Stir in the onion, ginger, garlic and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for .

  11. 11

    Stir in the ground coriander, ground cardamom, turmeric and chilli powder and cook, stirring constantly, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  12. 12

    Stir in the chopped tomatoes, chopped and whole green chillies, chicken and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  13. 13

    Reduce the heat and stir in the chopped coriander and cream and cook for .

  14. 14

    Serve with rice and garnish with a little fresh coriander and, optionally, a sprinkle of ground cardamom.

My Notes

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