The chicken is probably done now, if it has take it off the heat. It doesn’t have to be completely cooked as it will go back into the curry later. I am a bit funny with chicken so I often cook it for a little longer than needed!
As this is a tomato based dish, I use a can of chopped tomatoes. You could use fresh and chop them up but why bother? When you are looking to do a quick dinner, a can saves you a lot of time and tastes just as good.
To help give it a little extra thickness as it can be a bit runny, I add roughly 3 tablespoons of tomato puree. Give everything a good stir and continue to cook until it begins to shimmer.
In order to make the curry nice and smooth you need to put it through a food processor. Pour it in and give it a good blitz until all of the onions have been blended into the curry.
Clotted cream is amazing and it doesn’t just have to be used on scones! By adding it to this curry it gives it that nice creamy flavour, but I do find it very subtle so its not over powering. Funny enough it makes it almost taste like a korma but has more of a tomato flavour than coconut.
Add the clotted cream to the curry whilst it is in the food processor and then give it another blitz. This will help to blend all of the cream into the curry so that it is spread properly.
Return the curry to heat and add the chicken. Cover with a lid and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. It can get a little too thick, if this is the case add a splash of water.
The rice should now be done, with a fork I like to fluff it up. Add the chopped parsley and give it a good stir to evenly spread the herb. By adding parsley to the rice it helps add a different dimension of flavour and really takes boiled rice to a whole new level. If you have not tried it, you really should!
To serve I like to spoon out the rice and then place the curry on the top. You could also place the curry on the play and then put the rice in a dish and empty onto the plate to make a nice “hump” of rice.. Either way it looks and tastes great!
