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Jolene & Lily-Mae's homemade chicken curry: Today

This rich chicken curry is made totally from scratch and loaded with aromatic flavours.
This rich chicken curry is made totally from scratch and loaded with aromatic flavours.

Jolene Cox, is an award-winning food writer and 2-time bestselling cookbook author, alongside her daughter Lily – Mae, they are on a mission: to make home cooking the new convenience food. This rich chicken curry is made totally from scratch and loaded with aromatic flavours.

Ingredients

Serves 4

Press to plate in 30 minutes.

  • 1 medium white onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 red pepper
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 400 mls coconut milk

Homemade curry paste:

  • 2 tablespoons tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon of mango chutney
  • 2 tablespoons medium curry Powder
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin

Method

  1. First, we are going to prepare our vegetables. Peel the garlic and onion. The kids can use a grater to grate the garlic.
  2. We have a clever way for the kids to safely chop the onion. Pearce the bottom of the onion with a fork and peel it with a vegetable peeler. The Children can also use a clean kitchen scissors to slice the pepper.
  3. We will use a separate scissors to cut the chicken into slices In a small mixing bowl.
  4. The kids can make homemade curry paste. Do this by adding two tablespoons of tomato puree, a tablespoon of mango chutney and mixing in your spices of two tablespoons of curry powder and a teaspoon of each turmeric, mixed spice, and cumin.
  5. Place the saucepan over medium heat with a glug of rapeseed oil. Sauté the onion and garlic for a minute.
  6. Add the sliced chicken breasts stirring to ensure they don't stick. And add the red pepper.
  7. Now spoon your homemade curry paste over the chicken breasts. Sizzle for five minutes, the aroma will be absolutely amazing!
  8. Pour over the coconut milk. Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
  9. Serve with boiled rice, a garnish of fresh coriander or parsley.