Tamarind Chicken
I had not cooked with tamarind before, looked at lots of recipes and finally came up with my own variation based on others I had seen. This is a winner.
Ingredients
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2 Chicken breasts, diced
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1/2 Juice of lime
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1 tsp Turmeric
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1 tsp Black pepper
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1 Onion, chopped
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1/2 tsp Mustard seed
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2 Red chillies, chopped
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1 dash olive oil
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1 clove Garlic
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1 Thumb size pce ginger, grated
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1 tsp Coriander seed
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1 tsp Cumin powder
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1 bunch Chopped coriander
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3 Tomatoes
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1 tbsp Tamarind paste
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1 tbsp Coconut cream
Cooking Instructions
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1
Put the chicken in a bowl, add the lime juice, turmeric and black pepper, cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
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2
Put the chopped onion, oil and mustard seed in a large pan and heat for 1 minute until the onions soften and the mustard seeds pop. Then add the chilli, garlic, ginger and cumin and coriander seed (grind the coriander seed a bit first in a pestle and mortar). Heat for 5 minutes, adding a dash of water if needed, make sure it didn't burn.
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3
Add the chicken, simmer for 5 minutes, then add the tomatoes, simmer for further 5 minutes. Add the tamarind, cover and simmer for another 10-15 on low heat. Add water if needed.
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4
Finally, stir in the coconut cream and coriander. Serve!
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