RecipeShare: Easy chicken curry

Mar 2, 2015

Recipe from Shamim Rashid, author of the food blog For the Love of Ghee

Serves 4 people
Your gift of $15 buys a family in need groceries to make a healthy meal.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoon grape seed oil
• 1 teaspoon ghee
• 1 small onion, sliced thinly or thickly (your choice)
• 1 lb. chicken (breast or thighs), cut into bite size pieces
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
• 1½ teaspoon coriander powder
• ½ cup crushed tomatoes
• ¾ teaspoon cumin powder
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• rice, for serving

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pot.
2. Add onion and fry on medium heat until the onion lightly browns.
3. Reduce the heat to low and throw in the cubes of chicken.
4. Add the garlic, turmeric, sea salt, coriander powder, crushed tomatoes, cumin powder, cayenne pepper and paprika.
5. DO NOT stir.
6. Close the lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Stir gently so that the chicken is coated in the warm spice mix (called masala).
8. Close the lid and further cook until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
9. Serve with rice.

NOTE: The spices can be easily found at any major grocery store in their spice aisle.

About the recipe author

Shamim Rashid is a Minnesota based food blogger, cooking instructor and entrepreneur. Cooking with spices and knowing their properties comes naturally to her, as she has accumulated this knowledge from her mum and both grandmothers from a young age. She is absolutely passionate about using natural ingredients, especially if it’s local.  She loves a good laugh and is always ready to chat over a good cuppa tea.

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Our food shelf on Payne Ave. in St. Paul offers coconut milk, baby corn, bamboo shoots, dry noodles including bean thread and other Asian foods for the local Hmong population to help them afford to cook the foods they love.