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Chicken and apricot curry with potato straws (sali murghi)
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Chicken and apricot curry with potato straws (sali murghi)

24 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes
Chicken and apricot curry with potato straws (sali murghi)

This Parsee dish uses jaggery, soft apricots and vinegar for a really successful balance of sweet and sour. The crisp fried potatoes add crunch.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

414
Calories
9g
Protein
15g
Fat
66g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz chip potatoes
  • , for deep frying vegetable oil
  • 1–2 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 5 cloves
  • 2 green cardamom
  • 2 dried Kashmiri chillies
  • 4cm/1½in piece cinnamon
  • 1 medium onion
  • 100g/3½z tomatoes
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4cm/1½in fresh root ginger
  • 3 garlic
  • 1½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz chickenchicken
  • 2 tsp jaggery
  • 150g/5½oz ‘ready-to-eat’ soft dried apricots
  • 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • handful coriander

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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