I woke up craving Indian food which was fortuitous because of the tomatoes in the refrigerator that had seen the last of their salad days but were still good enough for a sauce.
Today is our children’s 16th and 30th birthdays. Happy Birthday Jade and Brian!
I like Indian food and it seems that I rarely make it. BBC’s Good Food inspired this recipe http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1993658/homestyle-chicken-curry. I liked that they made pastes of the aromatics before cooking them. I’ve seen a Bangladeshi friend make masalas this way.
Serve this with chapatis and/or rice.
Chicken and Quail Egg Masala
4 tbsp ghee
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 large onion, processed into a paste with 3 tbsp water
1 1/2 inch fresh ginger and 6 garlic cloves, processed into a paste with 4 tbsp water
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp sugar
3 cups tomato chunks, coarsely chopped
4 chicken breast halves, boned, skinned and cut into chunks
1 cup hot chicken broth
18 quail eggs, boiled and shelled
Melt the ghee in a wok, then add the cumin, fennel, cinnamon and crushed red. Cook until aromatic. Add the onion paste and cook for 8 minutes. Add the garlic/ginger paste and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the garam masala, turmeric and sugar, blending well. Add the tomatoes and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the chicken chunks and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and simmer for another 10 minutes. Add the quail eggs and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from flame and let sit for 5-10 minutes.
This looks delicious as usual. 🙂 I hope your children had a wonderful birthday!
Thank you. Our daughter is at boarding school today and our son has taken off for Turkey for his birthday. We’ll talk to them later.
Isn’t it great having children that want to explore the world? So many wonderful things out there.
I’m glad that haven’t gotten bored with it 🙂
I worked with a woman that said what’s the point of traveling? Nearly fell off my chair. I don’t think she’s been outside of New England.
Some people are just not interested but I’m glad I am.
Me too. 🙂
It is contagious. Now I’ll be making Indian food tonight 🙂
Must be your photos that did it.
Thank you. Good luck with your meal.
Blimey, that is a ruined tomato… Glad you used it properly, Rosemary – very frugal of you. This sounds wonderful!
The tomatoes were still good on the inside but pretty rugged looking on the outside. I was frugal 😀
A beautiful masala…brithday greetings to your children!
Thank you Chica.
Delicious curry and nice inclusion of the quail eggs. Happy Birthdays 🙂
Thank you Mad.
Happy Birthday to you children! And what a lovely dish to serve…curries are my absolute favorite and glad your tomatoes could be rescued by making it! 🙂
Thank you. I was pretty happy about the tomatoes 🙂
Lovely stuff Rosemary. I cooked an Indian leg of lamb as I too get into my Indian. Post to follow soon.
Thanks Conor. I was just thinking about lamb curry 🙂
I’m always looking for new ways to make chicken. Love the idea of adding quail eggs to this dish. Delicious! Well done Rosemary and Happy Birthday to your kids!
Thank you Anne. I use every opportunity to include quail eggs. My favorites 🙂
Nice sounding curry recipe. I had the same Indian urge yesterday.
Thank you Roger. London is the place for curries, that is, if you’re not in India.
That is a really nice curry! two thumbs up
Thanks rs.
What a beautiful curry and a beautiful cake!
Thank you Daisy.
Reblogged this on sherryduan1219 and commented:
I am definitely a foodie.
Reblogged this on Simply Divine and commented:
Ooooh, I have a friend that would love this. Thanks