A Spicy Naga Chicken Curry
Be careful with this one…Naga chicken curry can be fiery hot!
Naga Chicken Curry
I love the flavour of naga chilies. They are very hot though so you’ve go to be careful. I’ve heard stories of people ending up in A&E for being a bit silly with these chilies.
Many Indian restaurants use ready made naga pickles in their curries. Fresh naga chilies are difficult to work with as they are so hot. The chef at one of my local Indian restaurants suggested I try Mr Naga which was very good.
Today, however I decided to use fresh chilies. I chopped six nagas and cooked them into this curry. Let’s just say I didn’t eat much but what I did eat was really nice. Nagas are some of the hottest chilies available. I recommend using just one and then adding more as you see fit.
I have used my own CURRY GUY brand smoked spices. You could substitute other good quality spice blends.
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- 6 chicken breasts – flattened with a mallet
- 125ml olive oil plus 3 tablespoons for browning the chicken
- 4 onions finely chopped
- 5 cloves garlic – finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger – grated and chopped
- 5 tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 – 6 naga chilies (or more if you want
- 1 tablespoon CURRY GUY garam masala
- 1 tablespoon CURRY GUY smoked curry powder
- 200g Cheddar cheese – grated
- Smoked CURRY GUY spicy salt to taste
- Pre-heat your oven to 200c (400f)
- Heat three tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or wok.
- Place the flattened chicken breasts in the oil and brown on both sides. Set aside
- Pour the remaining oil into an oven proof pan.
- Throw in the onions and fry for about 15 minutes until they are soft and translucent.
- Add the the garlic, ginger and the nagas and fry for another minute or so.
- Pour in the garam masala, curry powder, the chicken and enough water to just cover the chicken pieces.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top and place in the oven for about 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and nicely browned on top.
- Season with salt and pepper or the smoked spicy salt.
The CURRY GUY smoked spices used in this recipe can be purchased from the Virtual Farmers Market.
And, ehm, if I don’t live in the UK and don’t have cheddar cheese? Any other cheese?
Any soft mild cheese will do the job. Good luck Calogero!
Full of heat and packed with flavour, this dish went down so well with all my guest when served it was the first one all gone, which surprised me for a hot curry. Great work dan
Thanks Jason! Really glad it worked out for you.
Dan