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Chicken Kodu

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

20 min
Prep
45 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
10
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 fenugreek
  • 50 gm onion (prepared weight)
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken tikka
  • ½ tspn fennel seeds
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ¼ tspn ground coriander
  • 75 gm butternut squash (prepared weight)
  • ¼ tspn cinnamon

Method

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 190°C.

  2. 2

    Prepare the butternut squash by cutting off what you need and, (do not remove the skin) chop into approx 1 inch cubes, removing any seeds, if there are any, in the portion you are using. (see notes 1)

  3. 3

    Lightly oil a baking tray and place the butternut squash pieces, skin down, onto the tray. Sprinkle a little curry powder onto each piece of squash. Place a small piece of butter onto each piece of squash and roast in the heated oven for .

  4. 4

    Chop the onion.

  5. 5

    Crush the fennel seeds to a powder in a pestle and mortar.

  6. 6

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the onion for .

  7. 7

    Add the ground fennel, chilli powder, ground coriander, cinnamon and fenugreek and cook, stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  8. 8

    Add the c41 pre-cooked chicken tikka, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.

  9. 9

    Add the roasted butternut squash and cook, stirring frequently, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preferred sauce consistency.

  10. 10

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

My Notes

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