Delicious Chicken Curry~

When it comes to cooking, I like quick-recipes. Something that does not eat into my work time (read blogging time). At the same time, does not compromise on health and taste. For this recipe, I recommend Del Monte Tomato and Basil Pasta sauce and Del Monte Zingo. Do use Del Monte Extra Virgin Olive oil too.

Recipe of Delicious Chicken Curry:

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast/ bone less/cubed - 250 grams
• Tomato puree - I Cup
• Olive oil - 2 tb spoon
• Refined oil - 4 tb spoon (for tossing chicken cubes) 
• garlic paste - 1 tb spoon
• Del Monte Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce - 4 tb spoon
• Del Monte Zingo Sauce - 2 tb spoon
• Juice  of one Lemon
• Two sprigs of Curry leaves
• Green Chili - As per taste (I used 6 pieces)
• Salt to taste
• Two sweet Basil leave (for presentation) 

Preparation: 

• Take a pan, heat refined oil and shallow fry diced chicken pieces for 7-10 minutes or until moisture is observed. Do not cover while cooking.  
•  Pressure boil four to five ripe tomatoes(chopped) in 1/2 cups of water. Strain to make puree.
•  Slit green chili
• Squeeze juice out of a lemon.

Method:

• Take a fresh pan and heat olive oil on low burner. 
• Add garlic paste and salt. Next add green chili. Wait for garlic to change color to light yellow.
• Add curry leaves and wait for a minute.
• Next add Del Monte Pasta Sauce, Del Monte Zingo and Tomato puree. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Next, add chicken pieces. Cover and cook. Allow gravy to thicken. When you can see oil floating, switch off the gas.
• Mix lemon juice. Your Delicious Chicken curry is ready.

 Getting started with the aroma of garlic and chili filling the air.

Preparing the gravy and loving the color red.

Cooking Delicious Chicken Curry and feeling good.

Presentation:

        Take a plate and serve Delicious Chicken Curry with lemon rind and curry leaves. A portion of
        steamed rice served on a bed of sweet Basil leaves goes very well with it.


Happy eating with me.

Not to disappoint our vegetarian Friends. I have prepared the same recipe with Del Monte Chifferi Rigati. I have followed the recipe except that I have used boiled pasta instead of cooked chicken pieces and lemon grass instead of curry leaves.

Recipe of Delicious Pasta in Curry Sauce:
                             
 Ingredients:

• Replacing cooked Chicken chunks with Pasta
• and curry leaves with boiled pasta and lemon grass.
• Rest of the ingredients as as above.

Preparation: 

• Boil Chifferi Rigati pasta according to instructions given and cut lemon grass in small pieces. 

Method:

• Same method as before. 
• Replace cooked Chicken chunks with boiled pasta. 
• And Curry leaves with lemon grass.

Presentation

      Take a plate and serve you Delicious Pasta in Curry Sauce on a bed of two sweet basil leaves along with 

       lemon rind and slit chili. 

    

My kids loved eating with extra helping of Del Monte Zingo Sauce. 

Note: I have used fresh Chili, Curry leaves, Lemon, Sweet Basil and Lemon grass from my Terrace garden.

Tip: To dilute the gravy, add a little warm milk to the curry before serving.


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