Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken balti. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Balti is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Balti is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken balti using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Balti:

1. Prepare 220 grams boneless skinless chicken thighs diced
2. Take 1 tbsp lime juice
3. Make ready 1/2 tsp hot smoked paprika
4. Take 1 tbsp sunflower oil
5. Get stick Cinnamon
6. Take 2 cardamom pods
7. Get 1/2 green chilli
8. Take Sprinkling of cumin seeds
9. Make ready 1/2 onion diced
10. Make ready 1 inch of, coarsely grated ginger
11. Take 1 garlic cloves, finely chopped
12. Get 1/4 tsp turmeric
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cumin
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground coriander
15. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala
16. Get 150 ml passata
17. Make ready 1/2 red pepper sliced
18. Make ready 1 medium tomato chopped
19. Make ready Large handful baby spinach
20. Prepare handful fresh coriander, chopped
21. Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
22. Get 75 ml water

Cooked in a fantastic blend of Indian spices, this homemade chicken balti is as good as the restaurant version. The balti sauce is beautifully spiced, but not overly spicy, and the chicken pieces are cooked to perfection to recreate a delicious Indian dish. Add chopped chicken and a little cold water,and continue to cook until chicken is cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add chilies, coriander and cream, stir in well and cook for a few minutes more.

Instructions to make Chicken Balti:

1. Put the chicken in a medium bowl. Mix in the lime juice, paprika, chilli powder and a grinding of black pepper, set aside to marinate whilst we prepare the veggies.
3. Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a non-stick pan. Place in the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, chilli and cumin seeds, and stir to release the flavour. Add in the onion, garlic and ginger and fry over a medium-high heat for 3-4 mins until the onion starts to turn brown.
5. Add the remaining oil, then drop in the chicken and stir-fry for 2-3. Then pour in the turmeric, cumin, ground coriander and garam masala into the pan, turn down the heat so it slowly simmers for a few mins, then add the passata the water, then add the slices of pepper.
7. Keep the heat low so it slowly simmers down which should be 15 – 20 minutes. Leave it longer if you like it just gets better
8. Once the chicken is tender add the chopped tomato, simmer for 2-3 mins, then add the spinach and turn it over in the pan to just wilt. If you want to thin down the sauce, splash in a little more water.Enjoy
9. Enjoy

If the sauce is a little thick just add water to achieve your preferred consistency. Serve with boiled rice and/or naan bread. This fresh-tasting easy chicken balti curry is a delicious recipe to have up your sleeve. This is not only faster but also gives the chicken balti and completely different flavour and a smoother texture. Many people prefer this chicken balti cooked from scratch.

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