chickenbiryani
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Chicken Biryani
Serving
Makes enough for 4 portions
Ingredients
- 150g of greek yougurst (or if going Ollie friendly, use some a few glugs of olive oil instead)
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 2 hot chilli peppers
- 4 chicken breasts
- 280g basmati rice
- 3 tbsp veg oil or ghee (can use olive oil tbh)
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 onion
- 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- pinch of saffron
- 60ml milk (use rice milk for Ollie friendly)
- 2 tbsp mint leaves
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (a potentially divisive ingredient, can be left out..)
Method
- Cut the fish into chunky bite sized pieces
- Finely dice the onion
- Dice the carrots
- Dice the pepper
- Crush or finely chop the garlic
- Finely chop the chilli(s) - Note, last time we made this we used 2 Sainsburys 'mixed chillis' Heat rating 2 out of 5, leaving the seeds in, and it carried a lovely heat without being overwhelming
- Zest half of a lime
- Juice 2 limes
- Place fish into a bowl.
- Add salt.
- Add 1 limes worth of zest
- Add lime juice
- Massage fish lightly to coat all the pieces well.
- Set fish aside.
- In a large pan, heat the olive oil over medium high heat.
- Add onion and salt, and sauté 2-3 minutes.
- Turn heat down to medium, add carrot, pepper, garlic and chilli(s) and cook 4-5 more minutes.
- I'd normally have the rice ready to go on about now, so get that going in parallel with the rest of stew making
- Back to the stew pot, add tomato puree,
- Add spices.
- Add 200ml of the stock.
- Mix and bring to a simmer.
- Add tomatoes.
- Cover and simmer gently on medium low for 5 minutes or until carrots are tender.
- Add coconut milk. Louise's pro tip - if you half a tin of coconut milk, use a tablespoon of the solids from the top of the can rather than the milk itself
- Nestle the fish in the stew and simmer gently until it’s cooked through, about 4-6 minutes.
- Season as required with salt and yet more lime juice
- Serve with your choice of rice and bread
- Garnish to taste. Even more lime juice can be drizzled on just before serving, or serve with a lime wedge so that diners can adjust for themselves
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