Hmmm… do the black bits look dodgy? They’re the nigella seeds, they make it taste goooood!
Anyway, curry.
And ridiculously quick and easy curry at that. I’d even go so far as to describe this as great fall-back, store cupboard curry. That is if, like me, you consider your freezer an extension of your store cupboard. All you need to do is grab some chicken on the way home and you could be eating a delicious creamy curry within 30 minutes of stumbling through the front door in an exhausted, dishevelled heap (oh, is that just me?).
You will need:
6 chicken breasts, sliced into thin strips
25g of butter
2 teaspoons nigella seed (black onion seeds)
2 tablespoons tikka paste
300ml coconut milk (although I just bung the whole 400ml can in because I can’t be bothered with piddly bits cluttering up my fridge, the creamier the better if you ask me)
200g frozen peas
a handful of fresh coriander leaves
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Melt the butter in a large, heavy pan. Add the chicken and nigella seeds and cook for between 8-10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
2. Stir in the tikka paste, coconut milk and peas. Bring gently to the boil, stirring all the time, and simmer for a minute or two.
3. Chop the coriander, add to the pan and season to taste.
That’s it. Simples.
There are numerous ways you could tweak this recipe. I’m pretty certain it would work with quorn and you could also try stirring through some spinach right at the end (heck, I stir spinach through everything, the children don’t seem to notice). Or maybe add some sweet potato or squash. If you make sure its cut into small enough pieces you shouldn’t need to increase the cooking time by too much either. They actually sell bags of pre-cubed sweet potato and squash in my local asda, it’s the height of laziness *ahem*… I mean convenience.
The original recipe can be found in LEON Book 2. Page 97 to be precise. You should buy the book. It’s tres fantastic.
Loveaudrey xxx
I have to try this, I love everything curry! x
@Rocaille Me too!! We had curry two days in a row over the weekend AND we just had one tonight too!!
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Oh my, this looks delicious! I am definitely going to be trying this 🙂
Are those Leon books good for healthy recipes? That’s what I need! xxx
@Laura Yes they are. There are loads of veggie dishes, loads of beans, really yummy salads, smoothies and things like that. One principle they talk about is to treat meat as a side-order so you fill your plate with vegetables and salad and then have a little bit of meat. I guess it’s simple portion control but it makes sense to me!
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Making this for dinner tonight, yum 🙂