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Chicken Sajji

A takeaway-style chicken sajji 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
9
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
  • ...Continued
  • 2 - 3 tbspn oil
  • ¼ tspn ajwain seeds
  • 1 green chilli (approx 15 - 30 gm prepared weight)
  • ¼ tspn green cardamom powder
  • ½ tspn ginger (grated)
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • ½ tspn garlic (crushed)
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
  • 1 tspn chilli powder
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken
  • 1 tspn achari masala
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 1 tspn ground cumin
  • 50 gm potato
  • ½ tspn ground black pepper
  • 1 tbspn lemon juice
  • ½ tspn ground coriander

Method

  1. 1

    De-seed, or not, depending on your heat tolerance, and roughly chop the green chilli.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Peel the potato and cut into approx 1 inch cubes, then boil until tender, drain and set aside.

  4. 4

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry green chilli, stirring regularly, for .

  5. 5

    Add the ginger/garlic paste and cook, stirring for ½ min .

  6. 6

    Add the chilli powder, achari masala, ground cumin, ground black pepper, ground coriander, ajwain seeds, green cardamom powder and turmeric and cook, stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    Reduce the heat and stir in the lemon juice and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  9. 9

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

My Notes

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