Indian-Style Potato and Chicken Casserole

Name: Indian-Style Potato and Chicken Casserole
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 2 dessertspoons tomato paste; 4 cardamom pods; Large cube of fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated; ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon cayenne; 4 tablespoons corn oil; 1 chicken, cut into bite-size pieces; 1 tablespoon ground coriander; 2 cloves garlic, very finely chopped; ½ teaspoon fennel seeds; ½ teaspoon ground tumeric; 1 lb (450 g) potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

I love meals that are cooked all in one dish, as is this casserole.

Ingredients

1 lb (450 g) potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
4 tablespoons corn oil

Stew
May

Method

Heat the oil in a wide casserole-type pot over a medium heat. Put in the cardamom pods, the fennel, cumin and fenugreek seeds and stir. Put in the ginger and garlic and allow to cook for a minute before adding the ground coriander and cumin, the cayenne, tumeric and tomato paste.

Add the potatoes and chicken pieces, then just cover with about a pint (57