Sweet Sour Cape Malay Chicken Curry Food

SWEET & SOUR CAPE MALAY CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan heat 3 tbsp olive oil, then fry the onions, garlic and ginger until going golden. Then add the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil and curry powder and cook, stirring for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken to the saucepan and cook for 4 minutes stirring often.
• Now add the tin of tomato, apple cider vinegar water and dates and simmer for 5 minutes. Then add the sweet potato and salt (optional) and simmer on a medium heat for another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the chicken and potatoes are cooked and tender. If the curry is too thick, stir in a little water at a time until it is the consistency you want.

CAPE MALAY CURRY

Steps:

• Saute onion in oil until soft and golden.
• Add garlic and ginger and saute for a minute.
• Deglaze pot with a little water.
• Add tomato, red wine vinegar, tomato paste, chutney, apricot jam, turmeric and cinnamon.
• Add chicken to mixture, and pour in enough water to cover the chicken.
• OPTIONAL: You can add chopped and peeled potatoes to the curry at this stage. They're delicious this way, and mean you don't have to cook rice!
• Simmer for 30-45 minutes, or until chicken is done.
• TASTE MIXTURE BEFORE SERVING AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. If it's too sweet, add more vinegar and salt. If it's too acidic, add sugar. If it's not hot enough, add more curry paste. Essentially, there's no one recipe that will make a curry to please everyone, so you have to taste and add.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the tomato puree with the yogurt, garam masala, chilli powder, garlic, mango chutney, salt and sugar.
• Heat the oil in a wok, pour in the spice mix, stir, reduce the heat and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the chicken, stir to coat all of the pieces and add the water.
• Cook for 6 mins till the meat is tender.
• Add half of the chillies and cream, cook 2 minutes.
• Serve garnished with the remaining chillies and the chopped coriander leaves.