In a curry rut? Want to try something a little out of the ordinary? This is not your everyday curry. It’s all about green chilies, mint and cilantro and spices. It’s a wonderful, medium spiced curry that’s really worth trying. The secret is mint coriander chutney. Wrapped up in a lush hotel-style gravy. If you’ve never enjoyed a hariyali chicken curry, this is a good place to start. Don’t fear the mint. It may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think Indian. But it is an undertone flavour. And it works. Really well. Have faith!
Variety is the spice of life
There are around 15 curries on the average Indian restaurant menu. They are all good. But 15 curries? Really? There are a billion people in India. Thousands of years of history. And that’s before thinking about regional cooking. Do you think it’s possible a billion people with thousands of years of history might have more than 15 dishes? This makes me crazy. I rant about it too much. I know. Sorry. But there is so much to Indian cooking. And the world only cares about 15 dishes? Seems to me like maybe we are missing out. Dare to be different. Take a road untravelled. Make hariyali chicken curry. You won’t regret it. Then make a nadan curry. Or a Ceylon curry. Mix it up! Your tastebuds will thank you.
Hotel style takes restaurant curries to a new level
I am an Indian food addict. There’s no doubt. Look around glebekitchen. There’s a lot of Indian here. I come by it honestly though. It’s my heritage. This is in my blood. I’m a bit of a heretic though. I am not true to any one style. I love it all. Traditional is what I grew up eating. Home cooking. Comfort food. I have my favourite recipes posted. I love restaurant as well. Lots of restaurant style recipes here. If you want to cook food like they serve at your favourite restaurant you won’t go wrong here. But when I want the lush sauces you get with restaurant style. When I want the deep flavours of traditional Indian cooking. And I want it in one place. That’s when I pull out hotel style. Hotel style is about bringing the depth of flavour you get in traditional food with that lush sauce you love at restaurants. It’s how the best restaurants do it. The uber-posh ones. If you want crazy delicious, hotel style delivers. Try it. You’ll see.
Hariyali chicken curry is green chicken curry – according to someone, somewhere on the internet
Told you I was a heretic. Hariyali means green. Day-glo green if the pictures on the internet are to be believed. I could have made this hotel style hariyali chicken green. Wouldn’t be hard. A good handful of spinach would do it. But I didn’t. Because I’m about flavour. And I don’t think spinach works. Plus I don’t like day-glo food. But that’s me. What I do like is flavours in balance. The green chili, cilantro and mint. The slightly sour tang of amchoor. The heat from the whole green chilies. Not day-glo green. Sorry. But pure. Clean. Delicious. That’s a tradeoff I can always get behind. Works for me. If you can get past the fact it isn’t bright green, I’m pretty sure this hariyali chicken curry is going work for you too.
