Chicken Curry[ Oven Baked]

Name: Chicken Curry[ Oven Baked]
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 Chicken legs .jointed; 2 tspn coriander seeds; 2 tspn Cumin seeds; 1 tspn Fennel Seeds; 2 tspn ground turmeric; 2 tspn Ground Fenugreek; 1 large Onion roughly chopped; 3 cloves Garlic-peeled and roughly chopped; 1 piece fresh ginger root. peeled and finely chopped; 1 Fresh green chilli (large) chopped; sunflower oil for frying; 400 grm Tinned tomatoes; 400 ml tin coconut milk; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

David Hope Over a year ago 19,007 views

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 60 mins

Serves: 4

Indian Main Course

Ingredients

4 Chicken legs .jointed
2 tspn coriander seeds
2 tspn Cumin seeds
1 tspn Fennel Seeds
2 tspn ground turmeric
2 tspn Ground Fenugreek
1 large Onion roughly chopped
3 cloves Garlic-peeled and roughly chopped
1 piece fresh ginger root. peeled and finely chopped
1 Fresh green chilli (large) chopped
sunflower oil for frying
400 grm Tinned tomatoes
400 ml tin coconut milk
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Accompaniment

Description

This is an easy curry to make,very tasty.I saw it on a
River Cottage programme & decided to give it a try,It's
now a family favourite.

Method

1
1 Pre heat oven to 180 deg C

2 Heat a small frying pan over a medium heat,add
Fennel,cumin & corriander seeds & toast for 2-3 mins
until they start to pop.

3 Grind to a coarse powder, then mix in turmeric &
fenugreek.

4 Put onion,garlic.ginger & chilli ihto a blender
& blitz to a rough paste.

5 Heat oil in a large frying pan,season chicken &
brown all over [you may need to do this in 2 batches]

6 Remove from pan & put into a large roasting tin,skin
side up

7 Reduce heat under frying pan,add spices & fry for 2-3
mins,then add onion paste & cook for further 5 mins.

8 Put tomatoes & coconut milk into blender & whizz together

9 Pour into frying pan with the onion/spice mix,bring
to simmer,season then pour over chicken.

10 Place chicken in centre of oven ,& bake uncovered for
1 hour,or until cooked.

11 Serve with rice or naan