A delightfully Chicken Jalfrezi, flavorful curry with tender juicy chunks of chicken in a spicy tomato sauce studded with stir-fried peppers and onions

Ingredients:

• 1 kg chicken pieces
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp finely grated ginger and garlic
• 1½ tsp Kashmiri chili
• The rind of 1 lemon
• Juice of 1 lemon

Method

Marinate for a few hours.

Sauce

• Slice 1 large onion thickly
• 3 colored peppers half each cut into cubes.
• 1 can tomato paste
• Salt to taste
• 500 ml cream
• 2 large tomatoes sliced thinly.
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 2 tbsp oil

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Method

1. Heat oil and ghee.
2. Fry off chicken pieces on low for 30-45 mins.
3. Remove and set aside.
4. In the same pan, add onions and fry till tender.
5. Add tomato paste n cook for 5 minutes.
6. Add peppers, tomatoes salt to taste and cook for 5-10 minutes.
7. Add chicken back to pan and coat well.
8. Add cream and cook on low for about 10 mins.
9. Use 1/4 tsp maizena mixed into 2 tbsp cold milk to thicken the sauce to desired consistency.
10. Garnish with dhania.

Prepared, tried, and tested by: Charmaine Pillay‎