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Chicken Tikka

Extra Easy Syn Value:- Syn Free

Healthy Extras:-  None

You will need-

4 x 140g skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks

Juice of 1 lime

1-2 drops of red food colouring (optional)

5 tbsp tikka curry powder

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Low calorie oil spray (less than one calorie per spray)

1 onion, peeled and grated

4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

2.5cm piece root ginger, grated

1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped

1 tsp each of ground cinnamon and ground cumin

6 level tbsp tomato purée

5 tbsp fat free natural fromage frais

Boiled rice and vegetables such as carrots and cabbage, to serve

Method-

Heat a frying pan sprayed with low calorie oil spray. Add the onion and fry for 5-6 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, red chilli, cinnamon, cumin, lime juice and remaining curry powder and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the chicken and seal.
Stir in the tomato purée and 250ml of water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes stirring often.

In the last few minutes of cooking, add the framage frais.

Keema Matar

You will need- 

450g (1lb) of extra lean beef mince

1 large onion, chopped finely

3 cloves of garlic, crushed

heaped teaspoon of fresh grated ginger

2 teaspoons of cumin seeds

2 teaspoon of ground coriander

2 teaspoons of chilli powder

1 teaspoon of garam masala

1 teaspoon of turmeric

1 cup of frozen peas

4 tablespoons of tomato paste

freshly chopped coriander to serve

salt and black pepper

Low calorie cooking spray

Method- 

Spray a frying pan over a medium heat with some low calorie cooking spray 

Add the onion, garlic, carrot , celery and ginger and cook for approx 5 mins to soften.

Add the minced beef and cook until browned, separating the mixture. 

Stir in the spices, chillies and tomato paste. Mix well. Add a little water if it looks a little dry.

Reduce heat to a simmer until meat is cooked through and sauce has reduced to a thicker consistency – approx 30mins

Stir in the peas at the last few minutes.

Onion Bhaji 

You will need:- 

Low calorie cooking spray
2 large onions, thinly sliced
1 large carrot, grated
1 tsp turmeric
1tsp hot chilli powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground ginger
70g gram flour (chickpea flour)
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp tomato puree

Method:- 

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C/Gas mark 6 and line a baking sheet with non stick baking paper

Spray a large non stick frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Add onions and carrot and gently stir fry until softened,  Add turmeric, chilli powder, ground coriander, ground cumin and ginger to the pan.  Stir then remove from the heat.

Tip the mixture into a bowl. Add gram flour, salt and cumin seeds and mix well. Mix the tomato puree with 4 tbsp water and add to the onion mixture.  Stir together o the flour makes a batter that coats the mixture.

Divide into 12 portions and roll into balls. Place on baking tray and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Bake for 10 mins, give another spray and cooker for a further 10 minutes. 

Samosas