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King's chicken curry recipe

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  • Cuisine: Sri Lankan

Ingredients

1 large chicken (or fowl), cut into 5 pieces
100g Bombay onions, sliced
4 cloves garlic
2 pieces pandan leaf, roughly torn into pieces
2 red chillies, chopped
4 green chillies, chopped
1 sprig of curry leaves
1 pinch of ground mustard
10 black peppercorns
1 knob fresh turmeric
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp oil
1 small piece of sandalwood
2 tbsp white vinegar
6 cloves
4 cardamom pods, crushed
½ tsp dark roasted curry powder
500ml coconut cream
Dried red chillis, to serve
Pandan leaf, extra, to serve
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Preparation

Place the chicken, onion, garlic, pandan, chillies and curry leaves in a large pot. Toss to combine. Add the ground mustard and pepper, and season with salt. Massage the mixture into the chicken. Set aside to marinate.

Meanwhile, make the turmeric paste. In a mortar and pestle, crush the turmeric with the mustard seeds to form a paste. Set aside.

Heat the oil in a pot. Remove the chicken pieces from the marinade, reserving the spices. Once the oil is hot, place the chicken in the pot, skin side down. Cook until the skin is crisp.

Meanwhile, heat some more oil in a separate pot. Add the reserved spice marinade and sandalwood and fry until fragrant.

Turn the chicken to cook the other side. Add the vinegar and stir to combine. Leave to cook.

Add the cloves and the cardamom pods to the onion mixture and continue to fry.

Add the turmeric paste, black pepper, salt and the curry powder. Then add the chicken.

Cover the chicken with water and simmer over low heat for 45-60 minutes. (Check the pot regularly to ensure the water level doesn’t drop too much.)

When the chicken is tender, add the coconut cream and bring to the boil. When boiling, immediately remove from heat.

To serve, arrange the chicken on a serving plate. Garnish with the dried red chillis and the pandan leaf.

If you enjoyed this King's chicken curry recipe then browse more Sri Lankan recipes, curry recipes, meat recipes, slow cooking recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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11 Nov 2011 02:23 AEST
chathu
hi you can buy clay pots from sri lankan grocery shops
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11 Nov 2011 01:01 AEST
Alison
Hi..does anyone know where I can buy a Clay Chatty...which was used in last nights episode of My Sri Lanka for the Kings Chicken Curry. Many thanks
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10 Nov 2011 10:25 AEST
Tui
Im in Perth, anyone know where to buy pandan leaf? No luck at all in Sydney or Newcastle.
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