Chicken pieces in spicy tomato sauce

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 1 kg chicken wings and drumsticks
• 6 m.-large tomato(s), fresh
• 4 m.-sized onion(s)
• 1 bunch of soup vegetables
• 5 cloves garlic
• 150 ml oil
• Oil for frying
• 1 piece(s) ginger, thumb-sized
• 1 pack of vegetables (buttered vegetables)
• salt and pepper
• Paprika powder
• curry powder
• broth, instant
• 2 bay leaves

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour

African recipe

Wash the chicken with water and pat dry with kitchen paper. Remove the carrots from the soup vegetables, trim them, and cut them into rings. Heat 150 ml of oil in a pot, then add the meat, bay leaves, and carrots. Add salt, pepper, and a teaspoon of curry powder and fry briefly. After about 3 minutes, add about 500 ml of water and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, roughly chop the onions, the celery root from the soup vegetables, the garlic, ginger, and half of the leek from the soup vegetables. Place them in a blender, pour in a little water, and puree everything finely. Wash the tomatoes and dice them. Remove the meat and dry them (there shouldn’t be much water left in the pot), add the tomatoes to the broth, and cook for about 5 minutes. Heat the oil for frying and deep-fry the chicken pieces. After 5 minutes, add the pureed spices and cook for about another 10 minutes. Season with paprika, salt, curry powder, and a pinch of pepper. Now add the buttered vegetables and the fried chicken pieces, stir, and simmer for a while longer. This can take about 10-15 minutes. You’ll have to experiment. At the end, finely chop the other half of the leek and the parsley from the bunch, stir into the sauce, and you’re done. If you like, you can also stir in a stock cube (I do). P.S.: if it’s salty, add a peeled potato while the sauce is cooking; the potato will absorb the excess salt. You can serve the sauce with boiled potatoes, fried potatoes, rice, or pasta, or simply add it to a baguette. If you don’t want to puree it, you can finely chop the onions and grate the garlic, celery root, and ginger.