Spiced chicken stew/curry

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I just made this up with what I had to hand (and can eat, most people would add chilli), and it's tasty :)

Ingredients:
finely chopped:
1/4 onion
2 cloves garlic
1cm ginger

Small pieces:
2 skinless chicken thighs
1 small potato
1 small turnip

seeds from 3 cardomon pods, crushed
big pinch tumeric
small pinch cumin and coriander
salt and lots of pepper
1 cup chopped (frozen) spinach

Method:
Put a little oil in a non stick pan. Fry the onion, garlic and ginger until it looks a bit cooked. Add the chicken and spices and fry until browned.
Add the potato and turnip and fry a little. Add water to cover and simmer, covered, for 30 mins.
Remove lid and increase heat, simmer uncovered, stirring, until roughly the right consistency.
Add the spinach and simmer for a minute or two.

Makes 1.5 servings (the problem when you make things up as you go along is you don't know what you'll get :))

I read recently that chicken thighs make for tastier stews than the breast and they totally do.

Comments

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

Wow, that does sound tasty! I'm a sucker for cardamom. Mmm, now I want chai tea.

[alias_sqbr]

With turnip? :)

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

Haha, no, not so much turnip tea.

[alias_sqbr]

How unadventurous of you :)

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

They've got more fat in 'em though...:-)

[alias_sqbr]

Shh :)

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

Wow, that does sound tasty! I'm a sucker for cardamom. Mmm, now I want chai tea.

[alias_sqbr]

With turnip? :)

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

Haha, no, not so much turnip tea.

[alias_sqbr]

How unadventurous of you :)

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

They've got more fat in 'em though...:-)

[alias_sqbr]

Shh :)