Topic: MDB's Balti Chicken

[livo]

This will take 2 posts as it's 12 photos.  Start to finish with a photo at each stage plus a closeup of the finished dish.  This was a big improvement on my first attempt where I clearly under-cooked the gravy.
1) Onion in oil
2) Onion browning edges and garlic added (in middle)
3) Chicken in with first gravy
4) Reduction # 1
5) Tomato in
6) Reduction # 2

[livo]

7) Coriander in (too much for my liking)
8 ) Reduction # 3
9) Cooked
10) Served
11) Close up (oil separation)
12) Gone.  (I added salt after first 2 mouthfuls)

[mickdabass]

That Looks great Livo

Hope you and the good lady enjoyed it this time around

Regards

Mick

[livo]

That Looks great Livo

Hope you and the good lady enjoyed it this time around

Regards

Mick

It was a big improvement and in my opinion benefited greatly from the stronger cooking and the salt addition.  Cooked to spec there is essentially no salt in a single serve. Mrs didn't try it as it was an after dinner experiment for me and I ate the lot. I guess you'd call it supper.  I offered her a taste as I wanted her opinion but she declined as she'd "already eaten something sweet" and was having her nightly green tea..

[livo]

Second batch of gravy.  The gravy in this dish turned out completely different cooked in the steel wok compared to the Ali curry pan. Overall, I found this to be an improvement. I'll add to this in the main thread.