Steps to Prepare Kuku paka - African chicken curry in 28 Minutes for Beginners

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This east African dish is one of the easiest "curries" you could ever make. Kuku is the Swahili word for chicken, and paka is the Bengali word for delicious. Kuku Paka - Curry of East African Origin.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kuku paka - african chicken curry using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kuku paka - African chicken curry:

1. Prepare 600 g chicken tight
2. Prepare 2 tbsp minced ginger
3. Prepare 1 tbsp minced garlic
4. Get 1 tsp chilli powder or paprika
5. Prepare 2-3 big green chilli
6. Make ready 1 tin coconut milk
7. Prepare Tin sweet corn (I got mix peas and sweet corn so I use that)
8. Prepare 1 lemon
9. Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
10. Take Some salt
11. Take 1 handful green beans
12. Get 1 red chilli (finely chopped) for garnish
13. Make ready 1 handful coriander
14. Get 1-2 tbsp vegetable cooking oil

It has Arabic, Indian and African influences. The dish is particularly popular in the East African coast and among the Indian communities living in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The word 'kuku' means chicken in Swahili but the origin of the work paka is unclear, some say that it denotes dishes made with coconut milk, however paka is also the Punjabi word for delicious, which would be appropriate given that East Africa is a pool that combines African and Indian influences. For authentic flavor, grill the chicken pieces before stirring them into the simmering sauce.

Instructions to make Kuku paka - African chicken curry:

1. Prep your ingredients, if you use chicken tight with bone I would leave the bone in and take chicken skin out.
2. Marinate your chicken with garlic, ginger, green chilli, a pinch of salt and turmeric. Leave it for 15-20 min.
3. On a griddle pan, high heat, spray some vegetable oil and place chicken on the griddle pan leave them cook about 3-5 min on each side or until chicken nice and golden brown on both side.
4. On a saucepan, medium heat, add coconut milk in and wait until coconut milk start boiling, add the rest of curry paste from marinate your chicken and you can add some water on the griddle pan to get those lovely sauce out and pour it in the saucepan too. Add chicken and green beans then sweet corn.
5. Add some lemon juice, seasoning with salt and add some coriander. Stir well and turn off the heat
6. Put some finely sliced red chilli on top before serve

If you like, you can also use Some recipes add potatoes or hard-boiled eggs to the curry. The potatoes can be cooked ahead, cut into chunks and stirred into the curry toward the end. This dish is so simple and sometimes referred to as kuku na nazi. This kuku paka recipe is a favourite amongst the family. It originates from the East African Coast with influence from the Indian cuisine.

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