Chicken tikka curry
Quick and delicious way to make Chicken tikka masala
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds Cubed chicken
- 1/2 bottle Tikka spice paste See other options in notes
- 1.3 cups Double cream
- Coriander
- 1 Onion Medium size or big one
- 2 cloves Garlic I use frozen choped garlic
- 1 small bag Coriander
- 1.6 cups Basmati rice
- 1 can Chopped tomatoes
Instructions
- Boil a kettle with double the amount of rice (3.2 cups if you follow the measurements). Spray with a little bit of oil the pot where you are cooking the rice to avoid sticking
- Add the boiling water to the pot and heat it until it starts boiling again
- Add the rice, cover with a lid, reduce the heat to the minimum and set a timer for 10 minutes. Then turn it off, keep the lid on, and the rice will be ready in another 10 minutes
- Add the frozen onion to the pan, chop the pepper and 3-4 minutes in add the chicken and the pepper and let it cook for about 5 minutes
- Add the garlic, and coriander, let it cook for about 2 minutes and then add the tikka paste
- Let the tikka release its aroma for 1-2 minutes and then add the double cream
- Let it simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes
- Enjoy
Notes
- Tikka spice paste from Sainsbury's if you are in the UK is my favorite main ingredient, but you can use tikka curry powder or make your own
- I love how this recipe taste with double cream, but feel free to use coconut cream or single cream
- If you buy coriander bags, you don't need to chop it. Freeze it and once frozen use your hands or a tool to crush it. Because it is frozen, you will find it wasy to do it. I don't mind the "stalks" and it is generally easy to remove them when adding it to your dish, but feel free to first remove the stalks and then freeze itÂ
- Whilst it looks like this recipe does not use "fresh" stuff, frozen food is actually picked when it is at its best and given that I live in the UK, trust me, canned tomatoes taste better. If you want to use fresh "everything" go ahead, but I promise you, that using frozen and cans does not sacrifice flavour and in fact, it could improve it, unless you have access to really good produce