Chicken Madras Curry

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 59.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	95%	58%
fat	8%	4%
aromatics	22%	18%
acid	8%	0%
sweetener	2%	0%
salt	1%	1%
vegetables and beans	60%	26%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

499 g	1.1 lbs (1/2 kg) grams boneless chicken (breasts/ thighs)
8 g	1 tablespoon ginger garlic (grated/ crushed (1/2 tbsp. each))
12 g	2 tablespoons coriander leaves ( (handful leaves fine chopped))
23 g	1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 g	1/2 to 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder ( (omit for low heat))
3 g	1/2 teaspoon sea salt
6 g	1 tablespoon Madras curry powder
2 g	1 teaspoon garam masala ((more if needed))
41 g	3 tablespoons ghee ((divided or use 1/2 ghee & 1/2 oil))
100 g	1 cup (100 grams) onions sliced
4 g	1/2 inch (4 grams) ginger ( (peeled and sliced))
2 g	3 (7 1/2 grams) medium garlic cloves ( sliced)
200 g	1 3/4 cups (200 grams) tomatoes (sliced or diced tomatoes)
50 g	1/3 cup (35 to 50 grams) carrots (sliced)
50 g	1/3 cup (35 to 50 grams) red bell pepper (sliced (optional))
360 g	1 1/2 cups water or broth ( (divided, 1 + 1/2 cup hot water))
6 g	1 tablespoon Madras curry powder
2 g	1/2 to 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder ((adjust to taste or omit for low heat))
15 g	1/2 to 1 1/2 tablespoon tamarind paste ( (or chutney or 1 tsp concentrate or lemon juice, adjust to taste, read notes))
9 g	1/2 to 1 tablespoon sugar (or jaggery (adjust to taste, omit to use chutney))
2 g	1/4 teaspoon salt ( (adjust to taste))
113 g	1/2 cup coconut milk ((optional, at room temperature))

Method: 9 steps, published by www.indianhealthyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This is amazing, I took the time to make the Madras Curry Powder too, so fragrant! When you say 200g tomatoes do you mean peel and deseeded? (Look like that on the photos). And that's a question I have in general, if the measured tomatoes in your recipes are m” — a cook, 5.0★

“Absolutely, utterly delicious, just like a good restaurant madras! A little sweet, a little tangy from the lemon juice, and nicely chilli hot while not too overpowering. This will now forever be my go to madras recipe, thank you Swasthi!” — a cook, 5.0★