Day: November 15, 2024

Marinade:

760g chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
150g yogurt
2.5 tsp (6g) chili powder
1 tsp (2g) turmeric
2 tsp (10g) lemon juice
1 tsp (2g) ground cumin
1 tbsp (7g) Garam masala
2 tsp (10g) sea salt
2-inch knob ginger grated

Curry Sauce:

1 onion, thinly sliced
1 tsp (2g) Garam masala
1 tsp (2g) chili powder
1/2 tsp (1g) turmeric
1/2 tsp (1g) fenugreek powder
1 tbsp (13g) sugar
2 tbsp (28g) ghee
1 tbsp (15g) grated ginger
Salt to taste
400g crushed tomatoes
180ml heavy cream
30g unsalted butter
Fresh coriander for garnish

Marinade:

Place your chicken thighs in a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly, ensuring the chicken gets completely coated with the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and reserve.

Curry Sauce:

Heat a 12” nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add ghee; once melted, add your marinated chicken pieces and sear them on all sides until golden brown. Remove your chicken, place it on a baking sheet, and reserve.

Add your onions, season with salt, add ginger, and cook until softened in the same pan, stirring often, followed by Garam Masala, chili powder, turmeric, fenugreek powder, and sugar.

Add in your crushed tomatoes and reduce for 2 minutes. Place the onion mix in the blender and blend until smooth.

Place the sauce back in the pan, add your chicken, cover with a lid and simmer for seven minutes; add heavy cream and simmer till thickened.

Cut the heat, stir in butter, and season with salt to taste.

Serve your chicken over rice, optionally garnished with cilantro.

750g ripe tomatoes
1 red pepper
2 thick slices day-old bread
1 medium cucumber
1 medium red onion
2 tbsp sherry vinegar
60ml extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp fresh tarragon
Salt and pepper
Chili oil, onion bits, crumbled bacon to garnish

Blend everything until smooth, add garnishes

Ingredients
60ml soy sauce
2 tbsp chili oil
3 tbsp unseasoned rice vinegar
4 green onions
15 square dumpling wrappers
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
500g ground pork
1 tsp salt
1 1″ piece ginger, peeled, finely grated
2 tbsp mirin
1l vegetable broth
1/2 small head of Napa cabbage, sliced about 1cm thick

Separate dark green parts from 4 green onions and thinly slice; set aside for serving. Thinly slice white and pale green parts; set aside separately. Cut 15 square dumpling wrappers into eighths by cutting on a diagonal from corner to corner to make an X, then cutting each triangle in half through the long side; set aside.

Heat sesame oil in a medium dutch oven. Add ground pork and salt and cook, stirring to combine and breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, 1 minute. Work pork into an even layer and cook, undisturbed, until a brown crust forms underneath, about 5 minutes. Add ginger and reserved white and pale green scallion parts and cook, stirring often and breaking up meat into smaller pieces, until combined and pork is cooked through, about 2 minutes. Add mirin and cook, scraping up any browned bits, 1 minute.

Add vegetable broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar and chili oil to pot, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Add reserved dumpling wrappers and cook until tender, about 2 minutes. Add cabbage and cook, stirring, just to wilt, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat.

Ladle soup into bowls; top with reserved onion greens.