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Chicken Nizami

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

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
18
Ingredients
12
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
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • 2 tspn green chilli (chopped)
  • 30 gm onions (prepared weight)
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn ginger (grated)
  • 1 tbspn ground almonds
  • ½ tspn garlic (crushed)
  • 1 tbspn coconut flour (see note 2)
  • 2 tspn g2 nizami spice mix
  • 3 tbspn single cream (or to taste)
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • 2 tspn lemon juice
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
  • 1 tbspn fresh coriander
  • 2 tspn tomato purée
  • 1 tbspn fresh mint (optional) (see note 3)
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken
  • 1 tspn rose water (optional) (see note 3)

Method

  1. 1

    Slice the onion.

  2. 2

    Grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix together with a little water to make a paste.

  3. 3

    De-seed and roughly chop the green chilli.

  4. 4

    Chop the coriander and, optionally, the mint.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    Add the ginger/garlic paste and cook, stirring, for about .

  7. 7

    Add the c41 nizami spice mix and chilli powder and cook, stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if necessary to prevent drying and burning.

  8. 8

    Add the tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring, for , adding a little more c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

    Add the ground almonds and coconut flour and cook, stirring, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  11. 11

    Reduce the heat and add the cream, lemon juice, coriander, mint (optional) and rose water (optional) and cook, stirring regularly, for .

  12. 12

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

My Notes

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