🌶️Indian (Trad)

Chicken Passanda

Name: Chicken Passanda
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 chicken breast; 1 tspn coriander seeds; 2 tbspn oil; 2 tbspn Greek yogurt; 100 gm onion (prepared weight); 1 tspn tomato purée; ¼ tspn cinnamon; 2 tbspn passata; 8 cardamom pods; ½ tspn salt; 1 tspn ginger; 2 tbspn flaked almonds; 1 clove garlic; 45 gm creamed coconut; ½ tspn turmeric; 125 ml water; ½ tspn hot chilli powder

Authentic Indian chicken passanda made the traditional way — no shortcuts, just proper home-cooked flavour.

20 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

Medium

Difficulty

Ingredients

Steps

Ingredients

Servings

1 chicken breast
1 tspn coriander seeds
2 tbspn oil
2 tbspn Greek yogurt
100 gm onion (prepared weight)
1 tspn tomato purée
¼ tspn cinnamon
2 tbspn passata
8 cardamom pods
½ tspn salt
1 tspn ginger
2 tbspn flaked almonds
1 clove garlic
45 gm creamed coconut
½ tspn turmeric
125 ml water
½ tspn hot chilli powder

Method

1
Finely chop the onion.
2
Finely chop the ginger and garlic.
3
Grind the coriander seeds to a powder in a pestle and mortar.
4
De-seed the cardamom pods and grind to a powder in a pestle and mortar.
5
Cube the chicken breast.
6
Grate the creamed coconut and dissolve in 50 ml of hot water.
7
Dry roast the flaked almonds until they turn slightly brown – do not burn.
8
Fry the chicken in a little oil for until cooked. Remove from pan and reserve.