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Lababdar with Samosas and Tamarind Chutney

This indulgent chicken curry makes the most of the dairy from the region, using both yogurt in the chicken marinade and cream to make the rich, tomatoey sauce. It’s served with gobi matar (a simple cauliflower and pea dish) and some fantastic homemade samosas made with pastry flavoured with cumin and ajowan seeds. A tangy tamarind and chilli chutney and a raita flavoured with bell pepper and cumin complete the meal.

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‘Punjab’ translates as ‘land of the five rivers’ and it’s these rivers that produce lush, fertile lands perfect for farming wheat, dairy, vegetables and rice that the area is famed for. This indulgent chicken curry makes the most of the dairy from the region, using both yogurt in the chicken marinade and cream to make the rich, tomatoey sauce. It’s served with gobi matar (a simple cauliflower and pea dish) and some fantastic homemade samosas made with pastry flavoured with cumin and ajowan seeds. A tangy tamarind and chilli chutney and a raita flavoured with bell pepper and cumin complete the meal.

Details

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 1 hour 30 mins

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: India

Shopping list
  • 500g diced chicken (thighs are best) or use meat-free chicken style pieces for a veg version
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Fresh ginger
  • 250g floury potatoes
  • 1 small cauliflower
  • 300g peas (fresh or frozen)
  • 250g natural yogurt (full fat is best)
  • 75ml cream (any type)
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 250g plain flour
  • Oil for frying (sunflower or vegetable oil is best)
  • Rice to serve
Spices included

Samosa Pastry Seeds: cumin, ajowan

Curry Spices: cumin, coriander, turmeric, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg, chilli

Tamarind Chutney Spices: tamarind powder (tamarind, starch), amchur, chilli

Samosa Ground Spices: cumin, coriander leaf, chilli, turmeric, coriander, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, mace, bay, nutmeg

Gobi Matar Spices: brown MUSTARD, cumin, coriander, turmeric

Raita Blend: red bell pepper, green bell pepper, cumin

Chicken Marinade: coriander, Kashmiri chilli, paprika, cumin, smoked paprika, turmeric, garlic, amchur, salt, ajowan, mint, black pepper, ginger, asafoetida (asafoetida, gum arabic, rice flour, turmeric), fenugreek leaf

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain CELERY and SESAME.

Store in a cool, dry place.

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Super tasty - and amazingly simply samosas recipe which I’ll be using again! The tamarind chutney is very tasty. The lababdar is rich and simple to go along side it all.

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Totally delicious recipe. I made the spicy garlic naan from the previous recipe to go with it because we like the breads as well as rice. They are super delicious freshly made. I shall never buy supermarket naans again

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The birthday guests couldn't join us but this recipe did not disappoint. An amazing meal bringing joy into coronavirus lockdown! Thank you.

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Spicery Customer

Brilliant recipe satisfying the meat eaters and the vegetarians too Home made samosas were amazing

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Spicery Customer

Very proud of our first attempt! We and our dinner guests loved it!

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Spicery Customer

First time with my Spicery gift. The curry was delicious and I got past the fear and made the samosas and they were great too. Absolutely beautiful. Even my partner loved it and she only likes chicken tikka masala.

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Spicery Customer

Very nice flavours. Love the idea of the kit and there is no way I would have done such a complex curry without the kit. Very good, but it took far longer than advertised.

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely delicious curry, one of the best we've ever had. So much easier to make than we thought it would be. Everything tasted amazing.

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Spicery Customer

Took a while to make but well worth it in the end. be sure to make the dough nice and firm so that it doesn't open up in the deep fat fryer like a couple of mine did :)

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Spicery Customer

Just a wonderful dish. so may flavours and great to make the dough

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Spicery Customer

Delicious meal. Easy to make. Really impressed with how the samosas turned out.

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Spicery Customer

My first spice box bought for me for my birthday and I was pleasantly surprised. I love the layout of instructions, more like a laboratory protocol than a recipe which is good because everything is in the order that you actually need to do it. It was ea...

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