main
Mozambican chicken pilaff
Serves: 4 |
Prep: 10_mins |
Cook: 35_mins
Info
Hearty African rice dish.
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
- 2tbsp oil
- 2 onions (roughly chopped)
- 500g boneless chicken thighs (cut into chunks)
- 2tsp Bart ground turmeric
- 1tsp Bart ground ginger
- 1 Bart cinnamon stick
- 1tsp Bart cardamom pods
- 6 Bart cloves
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 250ml chicken stock
- 1tsp Bart garlic paste
- pinch Bart ground cinnamom
- 2tsp caster sugar
- 1tsp Bart black peppercorns
- 200g basmati rice
- 200ml coconut milk
- 50g cashew nuts
Method
- Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan. Add the onions and cook gently until beginning to soften, but do not allow to brown. Add the chicken and stir-fry until coloured. Add the turmeric, ginger, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and cloves and stir for a minute.
- Add the tomatoes and stock then stir in the garlic, pinch of cinnamon and sugar. Season with the crushed peppercorns and salt to taste and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the drained rice and coconut milk and cook on a low heat, stirring from time to time, for 10-15 minutes until the rice is cooked.
- Scatter over the cashew nuts and serve.
Comments
