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- From: mattson@cs.ucsd.edu (Jim Mattson)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chicken vindaloo
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- Date: 5 Aug 88 07:09:55 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-VINDAL M "29 Oct 87" 1988
- .RZ "CHICKEN VINDALOO" "Spicy chicken curry"
- Nearly every Indian restaurant serves something that it calls Chicken
- Vindaloo, but the dish varies greatly from place to place. This recipe is a
- modification of a vindaloo recipe that appears in Madhur Jaffrey's
- .I Indian Cooking
- (Barron's 1983). I've attempted to approximate the Chicken Vindaloo served
- at The Tandoor Palace on Second Avenue in New York.
- .IH "serves 4\-6"
- .IG "2 tsp" "whole cumin seeds" "10 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "black peppercorns" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "cardamom seeds" "5 ml"
- .IG "3 in" "stick cinnamon" "10 cm"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "whole black mustard seeds" "8 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "whole fenugreek seeds" "5 ml"
- .IG "5 Tbsp" "white wine vinegar" "75 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "cayenne pepper" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "light brown sugar" "5 ml"
- .IG "10 Tbsp" "vegetable oil" "150 ml"
- .IG "2" "large yellow onions,"
- peeled and cut into half-rings
- .IG "6 Tbsp" "water" "100 ml"
- .IG "1 in" "cube of fresh ginger," "2-cm"
- peeled and coarsely chopped
- .IG "8\-10" "cloves garlic,"
- peeled and coarsely chopped
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "ground coriander seeds" "15 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "ground turmeric" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "2 lb" "boneless chicken breast," "1 kg"
- cut into bite-sized pieces
- .IG "8 oz" "tomato sauce" "250 ml"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "new potatoes," "250 g"
- peeled and quartered
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Grind cumin seeds, black pepper, cardamom seeds, cinnamon, black mustard
- seeds and fenugreek seeds together in a spice grinder. In a small bowl,
- combine ground spices, vinegar, salt, cayenne pepper and brown sugar. Set
- aside.
- .SK 2
- Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Fry onions, stirring
- frequently, until they are a rich, dark brown. Remove onions with a slotted
- spoon and put them in a blender. Turn off the heat, but do not discard the
- oil. Add
- .AB "3 Tbsp" "50 ml"
- water (or more if necessary) to the onions and blend until you have a smooth
- paste. Add this onion paste to the spices in the bowl. This mixture is the
- .I vindaloo paste.
- .SK 3
- Put the ginger and garlic in a blender. Add
- .AB "3 Tbsp" "50 ml"
- water and blend until you have a smooth paste.
- .SK 4
- Heat the remaining oil in the saucepan over medium heat. When hot, add
- the ginger\(emgarlic paste. Stir until the paste browns slightly. Add the
- coriander and turmeric. Stir a few seconds. Add the chicken, a little at a
- time, and brown lightly.
- .SK 5
- Add the vindaloo paste, tomato sauce and potatoes to the chicken in the
- saucepan. Stir and bring to a slight boil.
- .SK 6
- Cover the saucepan, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about an hour, or
- until potatoes are tender.
- .SK 7
- Serve over rice.
- .NX
- Don't undercook the onions. They should be cooked until dark brown. If the
- onion paste turns out gray rather than brown, then the onions were not
- cooked enough.
- .PP
- This dish is very, very hot. It may not seem so at first, but the spices
- have a cumulative effect that builds up over the course of the meal.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, 2 to 3 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Jim Mattson
- University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., USA
- mattson%cs@ucsd.edu
-