Bombay Curry Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a non-stick pan over a medium high heat and use a little oil, or cooking spray to brown chicken. Remove from pan.
• In same pan cook onions until soft, add garlic, chillies, ginger and spices for 11 minute, or until fragrant.
• Return chicken to pan and stir to coat well in mixture. Add tomatoes and simmer gently for 30 minutes, or until chicken is tender.
• Stir in coconut cream until heated through.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
• Add the onions and cook till they soften.
• In a small bowl or coffee cup, combine the turmeric, cumin, coriander, and chilipowder.
• Add these spices and the garlic, chilipeppers and ginger to the onions, and mix well.
• Cook for another minute.
• Add the cubed beef and cook until it is well browned and completed covered by the spice mixture.
• Add the salt and the tomatoes.
• Allow to cook at a slow simmer, covered, until the beef is cooked through and tender.
• This make take 1 to 1 1/2 hours, depending on the tenderness of the original beef.
• Add the coconut milk and stir well.
• Simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, or until sauce slightly thickens.
• Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 6. Put the chicken on a chopping board and, using your hands, rub the skin generously with half the spice paste. Season well, tie the legs together and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole dish over a medium heat. Add the onion and a good pinch of salt and cook for 5 mins or until beginning to soften. Add the tomatoes, fenugreek seeds, ginger and remaining spice paste, and cook for 3 mins more. Stir through the coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Add the chicken and the potatoes to the dish, and cook in the oven for 20 mins, uncovered.
• Lower the heat to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4 and cook for 55 mins more. Check that the meat is cooked by cutting through one of its legs - the flesh shouldn't be pink.
• Remove the chicken and place on a chopping board. Stir the spinach through the sauce and leave to rest for 5 mins. Put the chicken back in the dish, top with the coriander and carve at the table. Serve with poppadums and chutney, if you like.