Chicken In A Red Sweet Pepper Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg chicken meat, diced (breast, thigh etc)
2 large onions, coarsely chopped
2 1/2 cm cube gingerroot, peeled and coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled
25 g blanched slivered almonds
4 large red sweet peppers, trimmed seeded, and coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons salt
7 tablespoons vegetable oil
225 ml water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Preparation

Combine onions, ginger, garlic, almonds, peppers, cumin , coriander, turmeric, cayenne and salt in a food processor or blender. Blend until you have a smooth paste.
Put the oil in a large, wide non-stick pan and heat til hot.
Pour in all the paste from the food processor.
Stir and fry the paste for 10-12 minutes or until you can see the oil forming tiny bubbles around it.
Put in the chicken, with the water, lemon juice and pepper and bring to a boil.
Cover, turn heat to ow and simmer gently for 25mins.
Stir a few times during this cooking period.