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Desi Chicken Ka Khubani

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

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
14
Ingredients
6
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
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken tikka
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • 4 dried apricots
  • ½ tspn paprika
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn garam masala (1)
  • ½ tspn soft brown sugar
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • 2 tspn cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
  • 1 tbspn evaporated milk or cream
  • 1 tspn tomato purée
  • ¼ tspn garam masala (2)

Method

  1. 1

    Cut each of the apricots into quarters.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook, stirring continuously, the chilli powder, paprika, garam masala (1) and turmeric for adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  3. 3

    Stir in the tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to prevent drying and burning.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Reduce the heat and stir in the sugar, vinegar, evaporated milk (or cream) and garam masala (2) and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  6. 6

    Serve with rice that has, optionally, been cooked with a little turmeric and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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