Chris Dorr Tikka Wraps / Curry

Ingredients

• 1 large or two medium onions
• 1 Spanish Sweet Red Pepper (or three mini ones)
• Chilli or a good pinch of Kashmiri Chili flakes
• Garlic … half a small bulb
• Tomato Puree
• 2 salad tomatoes
• Garam Masala … 1 t/spoon for main plus 1 t/spoon for marinade
• Turmeric … ½ t/spoon
• Paprika … ½ t/spoon
• Coriander Powder … ½ t/spoon
• Coriander seeds … a small pinch (roasted)
• Roasted Mustard Seeds … 1 table spoon
• Chicken Thigh / Breast
• Ground almonds (optional)
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• Splash single cream
• Salt and pepper
• Tzatziki: yogurt with cucumber and lemon juice as a side / spread

Method

• Marinade the chicken with three tablespoons of yoghurt (plus Garam Masala, salt a loads of black pepper) at least for 2 hours … make sure its well mixed and has time to soak into the chicken
• Roast the Mustard Seeds in a dry pan until toasted … then put aside to cool off
• Good knob of butter in a pan and fry off onions and red pepper
• I’ll let that go for 15 mins or so on a low heat (Pete did on crazy low heat for 20-25 mins)
• Chuck in the chilli, garlic, tomato puree, garam masala, turmeric and paprika. Obviously volumes to taste but I generally go with double the garam masala to the others.
• Let it form into a paste then add in fresh tomatoes and let it cook down
• Brown off the chicken in a separate frying pan at a really high heat to brown off the yoghurt … you cant do this in the main pan as the heat is too low
• Cook out for a while then add chopped chicken thigh, brown it off
• Add a little water to loosen it all, let it reduce … then keep repeating this until is really soft
• Add a little lemon into the main mix
• Throw in a good two or three tablespoons of ground almonds and a couple of pinches of sugar.
• When it’s cooked so the water has evaporated I add a splash of single cream just to loosen it, not make it wet. Or add in a load of yoghurt and make it into a full on curry.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Then I mix natural yogurt with some finely chopped cucumber and a tiny splash of lemon juice.
• Spread some on a big naan, throw a few dollops of mango chutney on top, curry on top of that, wrap and eat
• It gets messy!
• I sometimes do spice cauliflower on the side