Recipe: Dry Chicken Curry with Potatoes

We are slowly introducing spicy food into our children's diet. And they are taking it really well. :) One of the first spicy dishes we made for them is this dry chicken curry with potatoes. You can reduce or increase the amount of curry powder you add to this dish, depending on how spicy you like it.

This is an easy curry dish to prepare at home; last week we even made some extra so that we can have a curry puff wrapping session at home with the kids (recipe post for that will be shared soon too).  We usually serve our chicken curry with rice, fried eggs, cucumber and a stir fried vegetable.

Dry Chicken Curry with Potatoes
Recipe by Baby Sumo
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35-40 minutes
Serves 5-6

Ingredients
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into small pieces
3 onions, finely chopped
1 inch ginger, finely grated
1/2 bulb garlic, finely chopped
5 tbsp meat curry powder (Baba's)
4 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp water
3 potatoes, cut into small cubes
Kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced


1. In a large frying pan or wok, heat 2 tbsp oil over medium high heat. Add the potatoes, and saute for about 2-3 minutes, and then remove the potatoes from the pan.

2. Add the remaining oil, garlic, ginger and onion and saute for about 2 minutes, until the garlic is golden brown.

3. Add the chicken and curry powder, and cook for about 4-5 minutes. Season with light soy sauce, add the water and then reduce the heat to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

4. Add the potatoes, and cook for a further 15 minutes. Taste and season with more salt or soy sauce as necessary. Garnish with kaffir lime leaves and serve immediately.

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Recipe: One-Pan Lamb Chops with Roasted Vegetables

So, on Easter Sunday, I cooked my daughter's favorite lamb loin chops for dinner. I had friends telling me on social media how good it looks and I couldn't help but add "And it's so easy to cook too!".

This is currently my favorite recipe for cooking lamb chops as it's so easy! All you have to do is to place the lamb chops along with vegetables, all in one pan and roast it. You can add any of our favorite vegetables; our recommendation would be root vegetables such as carrots, onions and parsnips as well as zucchini, bell peppers and celery. It is a complete meal on one tray. On this occasion, I did make some mashed potatoes to go with it, as my kids love it, however to save some time, you can also add in some new potatoes to the tray so it all cooks together on the same tray.

One-pan lamb chops with roasted vegetables

Do remember to cut your vegetables in thick chunks as you want them to retain their crunchy texture.

See here for the full step-by-step video (view in full screen here)

One-pan lamb chops with roasted vegetables

Recipe by Baby Sumo

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15-18 minutes

Serves 6

Ingredients

15 lamb loin chops

1 carrot

1 celery

1 zucchini

1 yellow pepper

A handful fresh rosemary

Anchovies (optional)

2-3 tbsp olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper

For the gravy

1 OXO beef stock cube

2 cups of water

1-2 tbsp Bisto beef stock granules

1. Preheat oven to 200�C. Wash the lamb loin chops and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Line two baking trays with foil. Arrange the lamb chops between the two trays.

2. Cut the carrots, celery, zucchini and yellow pepper into large, thick chunks. Scatter on the tray between the lamb. Drizzle with olive oil and then season with salt and pepper. If you are using anchovies, you can crumble them between your fingers all over the lamb. 

3. Snip rosemary all over the lamb.

4. Place trays in preheated oven and roast for 15-18 minutes.  Allow the meat to rest for 3 minutes before serving.

5. For the gravy, bring water to the boil, then add the OXO cube and mix until dissolved. Add the Bisto beef stock granules and stir well. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper as necessary.

6. To serve, place lamb chops, and roasted vegetables on a plate, along with mashed potatoes. Serve the gravy in a gravy jug on the side and mint sauce.

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