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Chicken Bhuna Recipe

Spice:
Mild
Serves 1-2
Difficulty: Easy
Total: 20 mins
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 15 mins

A simple but tasty dish of fried onion and spices, a classic favourite in any Indian restaurant.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium (100g) onion peeled and finely sliced
  • 1 chef's spoon (40g) vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon (10g) garlic paste
  • ½ chefs spoon (20g) BIR tomato paste
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  • 1 teaspoon (5g) BIR mix powder
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  • 1 teaspoon (7g) salt
  • ½ teaspoon (1g) kasoori methi leaves
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  • 150g precooked chicken
  • 150g BIR base gravy (75g gravy diluted with 75ml water & heated)
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  • half fresh tomato chopped into chunks
  • handful of fresh coriander

Instructions

  1. Heat the pan on a medium high heat and add the vegetable oil

  2. Add the garlic paste and BIR tomato paste and stir for around 10 seconds

  3. Add the sliced onion stirring occasionally and cook for around 10 mins until translucent and completely softened

  4. Add the mix powder, salt and methi and stir in for another 10 seconds

  5. Add the fresh tomato and stir for 30 seconds

  6. Add the pre-cooked chicken and stir for around 1 min so that all the chicken pieces are coated with the sauce

  7. Add the base gravy and simmer on a high heat for around 2 mins whilst occasionally stirring, scrape off any dried sauce on the edges back into the pan

  8. Turn down to a low heat and simmer for another 10 mins until the sauce thickens and is a dry consistency

  9. Add the coriander and stir through