“Fragrant and full of flavour, this easy, warming chicken balti is healthy, too. ” Peel the garlic and deseed the chillies, then roughly chop and place into a pestle and mortar. Bash to a rough paste with a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Peel, finely chop and add the ginger, then bash to break it down. Peel and finely chop the onions.
Patak's Balti Cooking Sauce. Medium heat. A tomato based curry sauce with peppers, cumin and coriander. Simply fry your meat or vegetables, pour over the sauce and simmer. All the hard work done for you: a tasty and authentic Balti curry in just 20 minutes.
Method In bowl mix together the butter, Patak’s Balti Spice Paste, chopped garlic, chopped coriander leaves and black pepper. Rub the chicken inside and out with the spiced marinade. For a more intense flavour, carefully loosen the skin and rub the marinade onto the breast of the chicken as well.
The base of a chicken balti curry sauce, besides the spices, is made of Onion, Tomato, Ginger garlic, and cream. The Onion lends the curry the comforting flavor, the tomato thickens the curry besides lending the spiced sauce a slight pleasing sour touch to it. The ginger and garlic round up the curry and help in thickening the sauce as well.