Caril de Galinha

Name: Caril de Galinha
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mozambican
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (about 1.5kg), cut into pieces; 400ml coconut milk; 3 tomatoes, chopped; 2 onions, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tbsp grated ginger; 2 tbsp curry powder; 1–2 piri-piri chillies, chopped; 3 tbsp vegetable oil

Caril de Galinha/kah-REEL deh gah-LEE-nyah/

Also known as: Mozambican Chicken Curry

About this dish

Mozambican chicken curry simmered with tomato, onion, garlic and coconut milk, served with rice or xima.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole chicken (about 1.5kg), cut into pieces

🥥400ml coconut milk

🍅3 tomatoes, chopped

🧅2 onions, chopped

🧄4 cloves garlic, crushed

🫚1 tbsp grated ginger

🟡2 tbsp curry powder

🌶️1–2 piri-piri chillies, chopped

🫗3 tbsp vegetable oil

Method

Serves 2

Season the chicken with salt, garlic and half the curry powder and leave for 30 minutes.

Brown the chicken in oil in a heavy pot, then set aside.

Fry the onion until soft, add the ginger, chilli and remaining curry powder and cook for 1 minute.

Add the tomatoes and cook down to a thick sauce, then return the chicken with a little water.

Pour in the coconut milk, cover and simmer for 30–35 minutes until the chicken is tender. Serve with rice or xima.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Caril (curry) reflects centuries of Indian Ocean trade on the Mozambican coast; chicken caril with coconut is a Sunday staple.

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