Chicken and Prawn Balti

This dish oozes with flavours and is the ultimate winter comfort food or fakeaway, the perfect medley of meat and fish with plenty of spices to add a perfect aroma

Ingredients

4 Chicken fillets 200g prawns Butter for cooking

For the sauce 1 TBSP of Olive Oil 1 Onion ½ TSP Mustard ¼ Teaspoon of Cinnamon 3 medium Tomatoes 5 Garlic cloves ½ TBSP Ginger ¼ teaspoon of Cardomen 1 TBSP of coriander 1 teaspoon of Turmeric 1 red chilli 1 teaspoon of Garam Masala 2 teaspoons Cumin ½ lemon freshly juiced ½ red pepper ½ green pepper 1 Tablespoon of Tomato Puree ½ teaspoon of paprika

Add red chilli, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, mustard, cinnamon and cumin powder in frying pan/wok heat over medium heat till a nice aroma comes.

Next add onions, peppers, ginger and garlic (finely chopped or crushed) and saute for a few minutes.

Next, add tomatoes and 1 cup of water, and bring to a boil.

Add salt, black pepper, cardamom, and lemon juice bring to the boil stirring continuously till the sauce becomes thick

Turn off heat, cover and allow to cool.

Blitz the sauce in a blender for a few seconds till smooth

Set sauce aside while you prepare the chicken and prawns

Chop the chicken fillet into chunks, and prepare prawns (unless brought prepared)

Melt a little butter into a frying pan, before adding the chicken seal the chicken on all sides cook till golden, add the prawns for 2-3 minutes.

Transfer to a dish and cover with the balti sauce, cook in the oven at 180c for 30 minutes And Enjoy!