Recipe Review for Massaman Chicken
Hi, Ray again.
Time for another Curry Focus recipe taste test. The recipe for Massaman chicken curry looks great and was chosen.
As usual, I already had most of the ingredients in the house so only a few ingredients needed to be bought in the weekly shop. I had to buy the chicken breasts, fresh cilantro, tomatoes and peanuts. Yes, peanuts. If you have a peanut allergy then this is not the recipe for you to try.
As usual, I prepared all of the ingredients before starting to cook. That way, I can just add the ingredients one after another to the pan.
Everything was quickly ready and the cooking began.
As usual, the cooking started with frying the onions. Hardly any Indian curry recipes that I know don’t have onions in them.
The spices went in once the onions were ready and the kitchen was quickly filled with that great spice fragrance.
Then in went the coconut milk and chicken broth.
Once the liquid was simmering, in went the potatoes.
I washed the rice and started cooking it in the microwave whilst the potatoes were cooking.
Soon the chicken cubes were added to the pan. Boy, they cooked really quickly – the good thing about being the cook is that you get to try things out whilst you’re cooking.
Last, but not least, in went the cilantro, peanuts and tomatoes.
The rice and curry were both ready within a couple of minutes of each other.
I served the meal up which was gleefully received by the seated dinner guests.
No stuffed parathas with the meal this week, but we had a couple of bottles of Kingfisher Indian beer to drink with the great curry.
The dinner guests really enjoyed the delicate flavours in the curry. The curry has a wonderful blend of mild tastes and is ideal for people who don’t like hot, spicy curries.
The overall rating was 8 out of 10. Excellent.
It’s the first time that I’ve tried a Massaman curry and it won’t be the last.
