Pasta in Tomato-Chicken Curry Sauce
When I use fresh tomatoes and attempt to use only their natural juice as a sauce base, I never make a good classic bolognese - most recipes seem to be always calling for tomato paste which I do not have (and I have not used bottled pasta sauces for a long time now). Maybe I was too impatient and did not simmer those fresh whole tomatoes for a long enough time to get the sauce.
I fall back to my usual home-cooking fare and flair of whipping up something tasty and as comforting. Add in some ground chicken and curry powder in an attempt to make some kind of tomato-curry sauce; then totally created a homey pasta dish with the curry-factor, for myself.
Pasta in Tomato-Chicken Curry Sauce
Ingredients: 1 medium size tomato, chopped to bite-size; 1/2 pound ground chicken; 1 small red onion, chopped to bite-size; 2 cloves garlic, finely minced; pinch of cumin and fennel, 1 tsp curry powder; pinch of turmeric; salt and black pepper to taste; cooked shell pasta (~2 servings)
Directions: Heat some oil in the pan. Fry the onions till slightly tender, then add garlic, cumin, fennel, curry powder, turmeric and fry till fragrant. Add in tomatoes, breaking up the tomatoes into smaller pieces in the pan. After about 5 minutes, add in the ground chicken, also breaking up into smaller bits in the pan. Then fry the entire tomato-chicken mixture briskly in the pan. Add about 5 to 6 tablespoons of water and allow the mixture to simmer at low-heat for about 8-10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add in cooked pasta and mix well with the sauce. The pasta should be absorbing most of the curry sauce.
I am getting this dish to 5 Star Makeover Pasta. Though I did not make a good bolognese out of fresh tomatoes, I saved it with this tomato-chicken curry sauce pasta. You can send in your pasta entries by 2 May 2010 to this event.
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28 comments:
Great idea! Next time I will remember to add some curry powder, easy way to jazz it up! Your photo is great and makes that dish ever so tempting!
Wonderful pasta dish. Love the addition of curry and tumeric. Cheers!
This pasta sounds terrific with the curry sauce, I love the idea! Thank you so much for sending it for the 5 star makeover!
Tomato plus curry seldom let me down. And this dish is not only homey but natural.
The pasta dish sounds delicious with the flavours of curry.
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Looks delicious and lovely for a light lunch.
Looks so mouth-watering! I like pasta!
Simple and delicious pasta dish! Love the curry sauce.
I am quite unlucky when it comes to randomly throwing things together. it never works out for me. I guess that's why I am a slave to my cookbooks. I am so happy to hear that your pantry-grabbing has turned out a lovely meal. YaY
curry powder..how interesting and delish
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Sounds great and very creative to add curry powder!
Yummy! I believe in spicing up almost everything a tad, so this dash of curry to the lighter tomato sauce for the pasta is nice touch.
Wonderful dish! Great touch with the curry powder.
Curry adds so much flavor - what a terrific pasta dish.
I don't think I've ever had curry with pasta. Really interesting idea--need to try it soon.
This sounds great-I love curry in almost anything. By the way, with fresh tomato, you could make something like penne checca (it's so good, but not a traditional saucy type recipe)...
Wow, this sounds and looks great...tomato and curry...will sure try it :-)
The curry taste is not overpowering and the addition of tomatoes to curry is "borrowed" from Indian-cooking - tomato is the "secret" ingredient to many good Indian curries :D
The cumin, fennel and turmeric are nice additions for an almost Indian taste sensation. Great idea to wake up pasta with.
Wow - u sure love your spices - is there enough 'sauce' for this dish?
The Sudden Cook, instead of just topping the pasta with the sauce, I added the pasta into the sauce, mix them really well in the pan so that the pasta absorbs most (if not all) of the sauce. The dish has definitely less sauce than "bolognese" and is more in the style of Aglio Olio (less sauce).
Thanks Tigerfish, you just reminded me how easy it is to cook up a simple yet tasty and nutritious one dish meal again!
I'm really interested to hear how the curry would work in it-I suppose it would be similar to chilli in pasta sauce which is so nice and spicy :)
Lorraine, the addition of curry powder elevates the spice but not so much on the heat. It is just a mild curry taste, with a nice balance with the tomatoes.
What a great way to add some pizazz! I bet it was delicious with the curry flavors.
that sounds so good, what a great innovative twist!
i like it very much.its taste is awesome
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