Topic: My Own Madras Recipe - Just as good as restaurant, no base required

[Yousef]

My Own Madras Recipe, Just as good as restaurant, no base required for 1 person

Ingrediants
1 medium onion chopped
2 garlic cloves chopped
2 chilis, small slit
Passata (the liquid cartons)
Ababdulmohed Spice Mix, 1 Teaspoon heaped.
1 Heaped Teaspoon Chili Powder
I small glass water
Corriander stalks & leaves
Diced Chicken Breast (I dont precook)
100ml Veg Oil
quarter chicken oxo cube sprinkled
Qaurter of lemon (juice only)

Method

Heat Oil
Add onion, fry until golden brown
Add garlic fry for 3 minutes, you are trying to get the nutty taste to arrive with the garlic
Add spice mix, add chilli powder mix and stir continuously for 1 minute.  Take off heat of it going to burn.  We are releasing the spices at this stage.
Add chicken, coat with spices and stir
Add pasata (I use a good 250 ml) and stir
Add water to cover chicken.
Add a handful of coriander
Cover with lid and heat on full power for 5 minutes, check and stir every 1-minute,
Add quarter chicken oxo cube sprinkled, Add Quarter lemon juice. Stir.
Reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes, check and stir, reduce to your consistency of desired madras, add coriander.

Serve & enjoy.  You can have everyday.





Best Regards,
Stew

[solarsplace]

Hi Stew

Nice looking recipe, I really like the apparent simplicity, suggests its quick and easy to knock up on a work night etc. Picture looks very appetising 

Love the sentiment 'You can have every day'

Thanks

Russ

[Panpot]

Thanks Stew, no need to have a can of soup at the back of the cupboard after all. This looks really good and points to all manner of descent curries without needing a base. As I have pointed out elsewhere I have no experience of Madras so any chance you could score this one against your very best base sauce version say on a scale of 1/10. I am genuinely grateful for this as I have had the itch for a curry but no kit and have reverted to traditional Indian cooking which of course is good but not when I want the BIR taste so something to save in my recipe notebook, ta PP

[976bar]

That's a lot of Oil Stew!!! But it does look bloody marvelous

[Yousef]

That's a lot of Oil Stew!!! But it does look bloody marvelous

Thanks for the comments, try this out it works well.
You need a lot of oil in my view.....I think you'll argree most time you open a madras takeway its swmming in oil.

I guess this is verging on the traditional style of cooking and not BIR but sometimes its just too much hassle to muck around with base sauce when you want a quick madras.

All the best
Stew

[mr.mojorisin]

would be grateful if you could post what's in the Abdulmohed spice mix....or do I have to buy the book 

[Les]

would be grateful if you could post what's in the Abdulmohed spice mix....or do I have to buy the book 

No, you can find it here for free  ;D

 http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5958.60

HS

[mr.mojorisin]

Cheers for that HS

[Les]

Cheers for that HS

Your Welcome my friend

HS

[Bobby Bhuna]

Stew, that looks delicious! Looks so close to BIR for a home spun recipe. Need to give it a shot! Love the great big chilli in the pic! ;D