Kids chicken curry
A great kids chicken curry that’s both very mild and uses healthy, natural ingredients. It has a few simple spices which combined with red lentils give a great, creamy and tasty curry sauce.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 100 grams uncooked red lentils (1/2 cup)
- 250 grams carrots (approx 2 medium carrots)
- 500 mls chicken stock (2 cups)
- 240 mls coconut milk (1 cup)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp cumin ground
- ½ tsp turmeric ground
- ½ tsp cinnamon ground
- 400 grams chicken breast cut into cubes
Instructions
- Rinse the red lentils and place in a saucepan.
- Peel and chop the carrots and add them to the lentils.
- Pour in the chicken stock
- Cover the saucepan with a lid and simmer on a low heat for twenty minutes or until the lentils are soft and cooked through.
- Once the lentils and carrots are finished cooking, add the coconut milk and puree the mixture with a stick blender.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a pan and saute the diced onion until it starts to colour slightly.
- Add garlic and sauté for about a minute.
- Add in the turmeric, cumin and cinnamon and cook for a further minute, stirring to combine.
- Now put the onion mixture into the saucepan with the blended red lentils, carrots and coconut milk.
- Add the chicken pieces to the pot. Cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
- Serve your chicken curry with some basmati rice, natural yoghurt and steamed vegetables.