- 500g diced chicken leg
- 2 onion
- 4 vine tomatoes
- 2 garlic clove
- A thumb of ginger
- 200g kale
- 4 tsp mild curry powder
- 100g coconut cream
- 300g white basmati rice
- 70g flaked almonds
- ½ tbsp olive, sunflower or coconut oil
- 2 tbsp cold water
- Sea salt
- 700ml boiling water
- Deep frying pan or wok with a lid
- Baking tray (optional)
- Measuring jug
- Small pan with a lid
- 1.
Warm a deep frying pan or wok on a medium heat for 1 min. Add ½ tbsp oil and the diced chicken leg. Fry for 5 mins, turning every so often, till the chicken is lightly browned.
- 2.
While the chicken fries, peel and finely chop the onion. Dice the tomatoes to match. Fill and boil your kettle.
- 3.
Stir the onion and tomatoes into the chicken. Add 2 tbsp cold water and a pinch of salt. Cover with a lid (or use a baking tray if you don’t have a lid) and cook for 5 mins, stirring every so often, till the onion looks glossy and the tomatoes have started to collapse.
- 4.
While the veg and chicken cook, peel and grate the garlic and ginger. Finely shred the kale leaves, discarding the tough cores.
- 5.
Stir the garlic and ginger into the pan. Add 2 tsp mild curry powder. Pour in 400ml boiling water and crumble in the coconut cream. Cover with the lid again and simmer for 12 mins, stirring every so often.
- 6.
Meanwhile, rinse the rice under cold water and tip it into a small pan. Add 300ml hot water from the kettle and a pinch of salt. Clamp on a lid, bring to the boil and then turn the heat right down. Gently cook for 8 mins, till all the water is absorbed and the rice is tender. Take the pan off the heat and let it sit, lid on, for 3-5 mins to finish cooking the rice.
- 7.
Stir the kale into the chicken. Simmer, lid on, for another 3-5 mins to just cook the kale.
- 8.
Fluff the rice with a fork and divide it between 2 warm plates. Top with the chicken curry and scatter over the flaked almonds to serve.