Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind - . Today I am sharing this Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 15 minutes! Luke Nair, head chef at The Oyster Box Hotel, cooks up a storm for the daily curry buffet. This chicken and prawn curry recipe is always a favourite - here's how to make it yourself. This tamarind chicken curry is spicy, sweet, and tangy! You can make this simple recipe in an instant pot or in a slow cooker - your choice! If you love my butter chicken recipe, you'll love this tamarind chicken curry too 🙂.
Serve this with basmati rice, jeera rice or matar pulao.
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You can cook Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind with 17 Ingredients and 10 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind:
- 6 chicken breasts, cubed.
- 1 kg large prawns, shelled and deveined.
- 3 tbsp oil - I use sunflower oil when making a curry.
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped.
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds.
- 1 tsp cumin seeds.
- 6 whole peppercorns.
- 4 cloves.
- 6 curry leaves.
- 1 bay leaf.
- 1 tbsp (heaped) ginger, garlic, chilli paste.
- 1 tbsp curry powder (more can be added as per your preference).
- 1/2 tsp tumeric powder (hurdee/ haldi).
- 3 large tomatoes, grated (discard skins).
- 1 tbsp corriander powder.
- 1 cup tamarind "sauce" about 15 - 20 grms dissolved in a cup of warm water then strained & discarded the seeds & pulp. May be substited with about a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Note: tamarind gives an amazing flavour and thickens the gravy.
- 1 bunch fresh corriander, chopped.
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Step by step how to cook Chicken and Prawn Curry with Tamarind:
- Slightly heat oil in a pan then add in the cumin, mustard seeds, cloves, peppercorns and onion..
- Sautè until onion changes colour to a light golden brown..
- Add in curry leaves and bay leaf..
- Mix in ginger, garlic and chilli paste. Followed by curry powder and tumeric powder..
- Add grated tomato and allow to cook through..
- Mix in the corriander powder..
- Once cooked, add in tamarind sauce and allow to simmer for a few moments..
- Mix in chopped corriander..
- Place cubed chicken into gravy. When almost done, add in the prawns and allow to cook through..
- Serve with basmati or other rice of choice..
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