Chicken Curry

Strange to say, there’s something very British about Chicken Curry. This recipe will get your taste buds tingling; it’s a great accompaniment to ice cold lager! Serve with rice or naan bread.

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

½ onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

½ tsp chilli powder

1½ tsp medium curry powder

100g/3½oz chicken breast, skinned and cubed

1 tbsp tomato purée

1 tomato, skinned and chopped

100ml/3½fl oz hot chicken stock

50ml/2fl oz double cream

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method 

1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a low heat and sweat the onion and garlic
until soft.

3. Add the spices and cook for a further minute.

4. Turn up the heat a little and add the chicken pieces, turning them until they start to
brown .

5. Add the chicken stock, tomato purée and chopped tomato and cook gently for 20 minutes.

6. While it’s cooking, check out the latest copy of Heat while listening to the latest Amy Winehouse CD.

7.  About 45 minutes later, scream, drop the magazine and run into the kitchen.

8. Take the pan with the smoke pouring out of it and throw it into the bin.

9. Ring up the local Indian takeaway for a Tikka Masala.

Beefburgers

When the weather begins to turn warm, nothing's better than sitting in the garden with a beer and a burger.

Ingredients

½ kg rump steak, trimmed and chopped

¼ onion, peeled and chopped

1 tsp olive oil

1 tsp plain flour

salt and freshly ground black pepper

fresh white burger rolls


Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

2. Place the chopped steak into a food processor and blend to make mince.

3. Add the onion, oil, flour and seasoning to the food processor and continue to blend until the
mixture binds together.

4. Remove the mixture from the processor and shape into a burger using your hands.

5. Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the burger for 2-3 minutes on each side.

6. Transfer the pan to the oven and continue to cook for approximately 8-10 minutes.

7. While the burgers are cooking, watch the latest Grand Prix live on the TV.

8. After 40 minutes or so, scream at the top of your voice and run into the kitchen.

9. Wave a tea towel about to clear the smoke.

10. Throw the charred and blackened burgers into the bin.

11. Order a kebab