Braised Masala Chicken

Name: Braised Masala Chicken
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 10 ml peri-peri sauce; 7 ml salt; 30 ml sunflower oil; 2 onions, finely chopped; 10 ml ground jeera (cumin); 10 ml roasted masala; 5 whole cloves; 1 tomato, grated; 1 green pepper, seeded and finely sliced; 2 potatoes, peeled and quartered; 10 ml crushed garlic; 12 portions chicken; 5 ml crushed dried chillies; 7 ml crushed fresh ginger

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

A very tasty, traditional dish, also called gesmoorde hoender.

Ingredients

12 portions chicken
10 ml crushed garlic
7 ml crushed

Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Wash and drain chicken. Mix together garlic, ginger, chillies, jeera, masala, cloves, peri-peri sauce and salt. Rub into chicken portions and set aside. Heat oil in a saucepan and braise onions until golden brown, 5–10 minutes. Add tomato and green pepper, and cook for about 10 minutes. Add chicken and cook for about 20 minutes. Add potatoes and simmer for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are soft