Showing posts with label korma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label korma. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Slow cooker does take out

My lovely mum came over from the UK for a month in January. She brought me Jamie's Ministry of Food which she'd found at a bargainous £12 in a bookstore near her home. As a huge Jamie fan, I'd been admiring the book from afar in Whitcoulls -but couldn't stretch to the $60+ (£25) so soon after Christmas. We tried a few things from the book while my mum was staying which she really enjoyed - so much that she bought a copy of the book when she went home!

Tonight's dinner was my first attempt at making my most favourite take out dinner myself - from scratch. And it was delish! ( I *may* have gone back for seconds...)

Chicken Korma
serves 4-6

800g skinless and boneless chicken thighs or breasts
2 medium onions
1 x 400g tin of chickpeas
Groundnut or vegetable oil
1 x 400ml tin of coconut milk
A small handful of flaked almonds, plus extra for serving
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon


Korma paste

2 teaspoon crushed garlic
2 teaspoon minced ginger
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp tomato puree
2 green chillies (optional)
3 tbsp dessicated coconut
2 tbsp ground almonds

My slow cooker version:

Mix the korma paste in a small bowl. Mix in tin of coconut milk. Pour into the crockpot. Add all of the other ingredients. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve with rice, and a dollop of natural yogurt on the side.