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How To Make Chicken Balti

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How To Make Chicken Balti
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Chicken Balti is a delicate, flavoursome dish made from yoghurt, is cheap and great for students. We teamed up with Shahena Ali, of the Maharaja restaurant in Benfleet, Essex, to show you how to cook it. Enlarge Chicken Balti is a delicate, flavoursome dish made from yoghurt, is cheap and great for students. We teamed up with Shahena Ali, of the Maharaja restaurant in Benfleet, Essex, to show you how to cook it.
Serves:
4

Step : You will need:

  • 2 ½ tbsp oil
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes, sliced into quarters or roughly chopped
  • 4 fresh green chillis, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 cardamoms
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder
  • 400 g boneless chicken, skinned and cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 tsp tomato puree
  • salt, to taste
  • 2 tbsp plain yoghurt
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • fresh coriander, to garnish
  • 1 wok or pan with lid
  • 1 metal or wooden spoon for stirring

Step 1: Fry the onions and spices

Heat the oil in a wok and fry the onion slices for approx. 4 minutes or until golden brown. Add ginger and garlic pastes. Sauté briefly.

Step 2: Add remaining spices

Add the cinnamon stick, cardamoms, black pepper, cumin seeds, chili powder and garam massala and sauté for about 4 minutes.

Step 3: Add the chicken

Add the chicken pieces and fry for about 5 minutes until the chicken is well coated and blended into the meat.

Step 4: Add yoghurt and simmer

Add the tomato puree and green chillies, and salt to taste. Reduce the heat and add the yoghurt stirring quickly to avoid curdling. Cover with a tight fitting lid and simmer for about 15 minutes (stir once mid-way) or until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened.

Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves
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Tips & Comments
  1. GutBucket

    I have just finished eating this and it was fantastic, my friends really enjoyed it as well. I was a bit confused over when to add the chopped tomatoes and lemon juice so I just put them in at the same time as the puree, chilli's and yoghurt. I did wimp out on using four chilli's and only used two but I found it to be be plenty hot enough. I served it with mini nan breads and I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Andychef

    Lovely as this dish looks (and the chef) it isn't a balti recipe. Balti is essentially onions, tomatoes, coriander, paprika, turmeric, cumin, chilli and coriander leaf and dried fenugreek leaf puréed to make a rich, thick sauce to which you can add anything.

  3. nikhilpintoja

    taste lovely but i would not serve it if i was entertaining,

  4. Sandrapleasedinewithme

    Came across this by accident. What a fantastic website. This chicken balti was a little hot for my taste but a fantastic dish and so easy to make with the video ;)

  5. dan_yorkshire

    Brilliant thankyou, much better than any bought curry you can get. Will be dong this again without a doubt!!

  6. flounder

    i could not find where it tells you when to add the lemon juice

  7. Anonymous

    Made the Chicken balti ten minutes ago, smells absoutely fab, cann't wait for tea!!

  8. Anonymous

    Very good!

  9. Anonymous

    Made this for dinner tonight. It was superb! Thank you!

  10. poddie

    Can you please tell me what the red sauce is at the begining of the video and how to make it, thanks