Chicken Jalfrezi - a head sweater

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A little more time consuming than your usual, but worth it, because it tastes amazing. Serves 2 hungry people or 4 moderately peckish people with lots of naan breads around.

The ingredients are thus, and there's two stages, so I have broken it down:

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Stage 1:

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Stage 2:
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And altogether:

Stage 1:

2 chicken breasts, cubed
1 tablesppon of ground corainder
1 tablespoon of ground cumin
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 Spanish onion
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
4 green chillies, finely chopped
1/2 cup of water

Stage 2:

2 tomatoes
1 teaspoon of ground coriander
1 teaspoon of ground cumin
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspon of ground ginger
1 green pepper, roughly chopped
1 red pepper, finely chopped
2 teaspons of garam masala
a handful of chopped coriander

So! To begin....

Stage 1:

1. Coat the chicken cubes in the cumin, corainder and turmeric, cover and leave aside.

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2. In a large pan, place the chopped onion and the garlic on a medium heat with the oil and fry for about 5 minutes. Then add the green chillies and stir well.

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3. Add the 1/2 cup of water and simmer for around 20 minutes.

Stage 2:

4. Whilst the onions and chillies are simmering, liquidise the 2 tomatoes. In another frying pan, briefly roast the cumin, coriander, turmeric and paprika on a low heat for a couple of minutes.

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5. Then add the tomatoes and stir well and simmer on a low heat for about 10 minutes.

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6. After everyhing has simmered away for a while on low, put the onion and chilli mix in a blender (add the ginger here too) and blend until smooth. Hang on to the pan, because you'll need this in a minute. Add this to the tomato pan and mix well! This is your jalfrezi sauce!

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7. Leave this on a low heat.

Bringing it atogether:

8. Now, in the onion pan, splash a dab of olive oil in and put in the chickens and green and red peppers. Fry this on a medium heat for about 10 minutes until the peppers become a bit soft and the chicken has browned.

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9. Then add in your jalfrezi sauce and leave to simmer for about 20-30 minutes, or whenever you're happy that the chicken is thoroughly cooked!

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10. Just before you're about to serve, put in the garam masala and fresh coriander and mix well.

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11. Serve! We just opted for the chips, but is good to have with rice, naan breads, anything you like.

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