South African Chicken Curry Recipes

DURBAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large Dutch oven or other heavy-duty pan, melt butter with vegetable oil over low heat. Add curry powder, coriander, ground cumin, whole cumin, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon sticks. Cook, stirring frequently until fragrant, about 1 minute. Be careful not to burn the spices.
• Turn heat to medium and add onion, ginger, and garlic. Cook, stirring often until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Turn heat to high and add chicken pieces. Cook, stirring to coat the pieces in the onion and spices very well, about 5 minutes.
• Add chopped tomatoes and tomato puree, and give pot a good stir.
• Throw in diced potatoes, rutabaga, chicken stock, and curry leaves. Let simmer on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally until the chicken is cooked and the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Adjust the seasoning with salt, if necessary. Serve garnished with coriander leaves and rice, if desired.

SOUTH AFRICAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Start with a hot pan with olive oil - add onion and saute for a few minutes. Add ginger paste, sriracha, garlic, curry powder, garam masala and cinnamon stick. Saute for a few minutes until you make sort of a paste.
• Add chicken and saute until chicken is no longer pink.
• Add potatoes, tomatoes, curry leaves, bay leaves and chicken stock - bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer and cook uncovered for approximately 1 hour stirring occasionally.
• Add more chicken stock if you like it thinner.
• The curry should thicken and have a rich deep golden colour.

CAPE MALAY CHICKEN CURRY WITH YELLOW RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, wide pan. Add the onion and fry for 5 mins until softened, stirring every now and then. Stir in the garlic, ginger and cloves, and cook for 5 mins more, stirring frequently to stop it sticking. Add all the remaining spices and the fresh chilli, stir briefly, then tip in the tomatoes with 2 cans of water, plus the chutney and crumbled stock cube.
• Add the chicken thighs, pushing them under the liquid, then cover the pan and leave to cook for 35 mins. Stir well, add the potatoes and cook uncovered for 15-20 mins more until they are tender. Stir in the coriander.
• About 10 mins before you want to serve, make the rice. Put the butter, rice, raisins, sugar and spices in a large pan with 550ml water and 0.5 tsp salt. Bring to the boil and, when the butter has melted, stir, cover and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and leave undisturbed for 5 mins. Fluff up and serve with the curry.

AFRICAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Stir in the onion, garlic, and bay leaf, and saute until onion is lightly browned.
• Mix tomatoes, curry powder, and salt into the skillet, and continue cooking about 5 minutes.
• Mix in the chicken, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
• Reduce skillet heat to low.
• Stirring constantly, gradually blend in the coconut milk over a period of about 10 minutes.
• Mix in lemon juice just before serving.