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Recipe for Chicken Bhuna

A traditional Indian recipe for chicken bhuna with chicken breast, Masala Sauce, tomato purée. Cooked from scratch with authentic spices.

20 min
Prep
40 min
Cook
Medium
Difficulty
15
Ingredients
20
Steps

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 chicken breast
  • 125ml Masala Sauce
  • 1 tbspn tomato purée
  • ½ onion
  • 1 tspn curry powder
  • ½ tspn hot chilli powder
  • 1 tspn green chilli
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tspn ginger
  • 2 tbspn vegetable oil
  • 2 tbspn coriander leaves
  • ½ tspn Garam Masala
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 green pepper

Method

  1. 1

    Cube the chicken.

  2. 2

    Chop the pepper into 1in squares.

  3. 3

    Finely chop the onion.

  4. 4

    Crush the garlic.

  5. 5

    Grate the ginger.

  6. 6

    Finely chop the green chilli.

  7. 7

    De-seed the cardamom pods and lightly crush in a pestle and mortar.

  8. 8

    Use 2 tspn of water to make a paste from curry powder, chilli powder and cardamom seeds.

  9. 9

    Chop the tomato into 8 pieces.

  10. 10

    Heat a wok and add oil.

  11. 11

    Fry the onion for .

  12. 12

    Add garlic, ginger, green pepper and green chilli and stir fry over a medium heat for .

  13. 13

    Add the curry/chilli/cardamom paste, stir, and fry for .

  14. 14

    Add the chicken and fry for about to seal on all sides.

  15. 15

    Add the masala sauce and tomato purée and cook for 10 - to thicken the sauce, stirring often.

  16. 16

    Add the garam masala and stir well.

  17. 17

    Reduce the heat and add the tomatoes, stir and cover the pan.

  18. 18

    Cook for without stirring.

  19. 19

    Add the whole coriander leaves, stir briefly.

  20. 20

    Serve with rice.

My Notes

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