Pimp my Vindaloo

beertons

Made the following vindaloo tonight. It wasn't spectacular. The flavour was lovely, but just chicken, onion and garlic. What else can I put in it?

Ingredients:
1/4 kg chicken
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 tea spn ginger paste
1/2 tea spn garlic paste
1/2 tea spn mustard seeds
1/2 tea spn coriander seeds
1/2 tea spn cumin seeds
1/4 tea spn fenugreek seeds
1 tea spn vinegar (I used distilled vinegar)
1 tea spn chili powder or 4-5 red chilies (increase the amount of chilies if required)
3-4 strands coriander leaves
Oil
Salt
Method:
Grind together ginger, garlic, mustard seeds, red chilies, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds to a smooth paste. Apply this paste and salt to the chicken.
Heat oil and fry onions on a low heat till the onions turn dark brown and crispy(It may help to deep fry the onions in oil to speed up the process). Take them out on a clean kitchen towel to remove all the extra oil. Grind to a paste along with vinegar. This is the dark paste that gives the color to the dish, I removed the onions a tad bit early, so they were not crisp and the color of the dish remained light. Add this to the chicken(Add a little water if gravy is too thick). Leave it aside for 30mins.
Heat a little oil in thick bottomed pan. Add the marinated chicken with all the marinade. Cook till chicken is tender and gravy is thickened. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.

The Hill Billy

If you want to 'pimp' it I would go for a good squeeze of lemon juice & a few tablespoons of red wine vinegar.

beertons

Thanks HB, but I was thinking more of veg. Would green beans and carrots ruin it?

January

peppers

The Hill Billy

Whatever takes your fancy. Experiment! If you think that you'd like the texture/flavour - go for it!

hamsterboy

Few drops of Da Bomb Ground Zero sauce and youre in heat heaven.. Check TKMaxx

Brian?

I'd use Ghee instead of oil.

I'd also throw in fresh chillis near the end so they just soften.