Chicken & Haloumi Curry Pot Pie

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Chicken & Haloumi Curry Pot Pie

Ingredients Method
  • 3 tbs vegetable oil, plus extra for frying
  • 1 large brown onion, finely chopped
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 3 star anise
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 4cm piece of ginger, peeled, finely chopped
  • 3 small green chillies, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp ground tumeric
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ¼ tsp ground fennel
  • 600g chicken breast, cut into 3cm cubes
  • 200g haloumi, cut into 3cm cubes
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 3 tomatoes, finely chopped
  • 3 limes, juiced
  • 2 sheets puff pastry

Chicken & Haloumi Curry Pot Pie Ingredients

Serves 4

Recipe based on Goat Curry by Jimmy from MasterChef


Step 1: Heat a tbs of oil in a frying pan and fry off the haloumi until golden on all sides, once cooked set aside on paper towel to cool and dry

Cooking Haloumi

Step 2: Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, add onion, bay leaves, star anise and cinnamon sticks. Cook for 5 minutes until onion is golden

Fry initial spices

Step 3: Add garlic, ginger and chillies to the pan, and cook for a further 2-3 minutes

add spices

Step 4: In a small bowl, mix dry spices with 2 tablespoons of boiling water until well combined. Add the spice paste to the pan and cook for 5 minutes

curry paste

Step 5: Transfer contents to a pot and add the chicken and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes until goat is well coated in the spice paste

add chicken

Step 6: Add curry leaves and 2/3 of the diced tomatoes. Season with salt. Add enough water to just cover the meat and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, after pre-heat oven to 250 degrees

add water

Step 7: Once cooked and sauce has thickened spoon curry into ramekins

spoon into ramekins

Step 8: Cover ramekins with puff pastry, ensuring no holes or gaps

cover with puff pastry
Step 9: cook for 30 minutes or until pastry has risen and is a golden colour

puff pastry has risen and cooked

Step 10: Set aside to cool for 10 minutes and serve

Chicken & Haloumi Curry Pot Pie

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