Spiced Chicken on a bed of Buttered Mushrooms

Ingredients 


Spiced Chicken

• 250g of boneless chicken 
• 3 ripen tomatoes Quartered
• 2 medium sized onions Diced
• 4 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1 cup of good quality Chicken Stock
• 1 tbs Turmeric powder, 3 Tbs of Chili powder 
• 2 tbs of sugar or palm sugar
• salt
• any neutral cooking oil.

For the Spice Mix

• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 1 tsp of cumin seeds
• 1 tsp of coriander seeds
• 3 dried chilies
• 1 cinnamon quill
• 1 stalk of ginger

For the Buttered Mushrooms 

• 200 g of Button mushrooms
• 100g of Portobello Mushrooms
• 1 whole onion
• 1 tomato
• 3 cloves of Garlic
• 350 g of butter
• 1 leek
• salt and pepper
• 4 table spoons of Sesame oil 

Method

Spice mix

1. Heat a Pan and roast all the spices including the ginger
2. next separate  the cinnamon quill and ginger and grind the rest in a mortar and pestle until smooth
3. grind the cinnamon quill and ginger each separately in a blender until very fine and roast them in a pan and add them to the rest of the spice mix.
4. Set aside.

For the Spiced Chicken

1. Heat some oil in a pan, add the garlic then add the onions and fry them until golden brown, and set aside.
2. Next create a dry marinate using the chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and the spice mix, coat the chicken and leave it marinate for 15 mins 
3. Next cook the chicken in some oil until golden brown
4. Add the chicken stock just  enough to cover and the add the tomatoes and the sugar or palm sugar and cook until the sauce is well thickened and the chicken is soft and tender, then add the fried garlic and onions and cook for another 2 minutes
5. add a dash of lime juice and set aside. 

For the Buttered Mushrooms 

1. first heat the sesame oil in a pan and cook the garlic and the onions until slightly golden brown.
2. next add the Tomatoes and the leeks allow them to cook until tender and remove the pan off heat
3. Then add the butter and cook the mushrooms in it until soft and tender
4. drain of the excess butter and oil in both ( keep the butter to create sauce) and add them together and cover it with a lid so the heat in the pan would bring the flavours together ( keep the pan of the stove but don't switch it on)
5. Next reduce the butter down a little bit, and add some pepper to it to create a sauce 

To Serve Place the buttered mushrooms on a serving plate and place the chicken on top and drizzle the butter sauce around. or just be more creative with it  :)