Chicken, Capsicum and Potato Curry

Ingredients Required

1 chicken, about 1.35 kg, jointed into 8 pieces

1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

1 (4cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

juice of 1/2 lemon

pinch of salt

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 dried red chilli, halved

1 teaspoon brown or black mustard seeds

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon besan flour (chickpea flour)

3 garlic cloves, roughly crushed

1/2 green capsicum, thinly sliced

1 large onion, sliced

400g tin chopped tomatoes

2 potatoes, peeled

2 cups thinly sliced green cabbage, about 150g

1 cup frozen peas, thawed and drained

Directions to Prepare

Remove the skin from the chicken joints. Cut 3u20134 slashes in the flesh of each joint, right to the bone. Mix together the turmeric, ginger, lemon juice and a little salt, then rub all over the chicken joints. Refrigerate and marinate for about 30 minutes.

Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Add the dried chilli and the mustard, fennel and cumin seeds, and let them splutter and pop for a few minutes. Stir in the cinnamon and besan flour. Watch carefully to be sure the spices do not burn, as this can happen very quickly.

Add the garlic, capsicum and onion to the spice mixture and cook for a few minutes, stirring. Add the chicken and tomatoes and stir to mix. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in a saucepan of boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain and cut into bite-sized pieces. Blanch the cabbage in a separate pan of boiling water for 1 minute, then drain.

Add the potatoes and cabbage to the curried chicken and stir in. Cover the pan again and continue to simmer over a moderately low heat for 20u201325 minutes, or until the chicken is completely cooked and tender. Add the peas and warm through for a few minutes before serving.