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Just a quick post to let anyone that reads this know about a great curry recipe i came across. I found it at Curry Frenzy. The Tikka recipe alone is worth it's weight in chicken!

Anyways, it's called a Chicken Tikka Bhuna (hit the link for the website & recipe). I'd say it was medium hot but depends how sensitive your taste buds are.

I've listed the ingredients & method below including links to the Curry Frenzy site where you can buy all the ingredients. I managed to get all the ingredients from my local Supermarket though.

Although it's a great dish, it is quite oily. After cooking you can skim the oil off while it's in the pot before you serve it up. You can keep this in a sealed tub in the fridge and use it the next time you make a curry.

To make the Chicken Tikka, hit the link in the first line of the ingredients list. When making the Chicken Tikka i marinaded the chicken for 48 hours, which was brilliant but I'd recommend going the full 60 hour marinade for maximum taste!

The chicken tikka is great on it's own with some salad and a wedge of lemon if you don't fancy cooking up some Bhuna.

Ingredients (serves 4):

• 800g Cooked Chicken Tikka
• 1 Cup/300ml Water or Chicken Stock
• 2 Small white onions finely chopped
• 2 Teaspoons Ginger Puree
• 2 Teaspoons Garlic Puree
• 200g Groundnut Oil
• 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
• 4 Teaspoons Mild Curry Powder
• 1 Teaspoon Chilli Powder
• 2 Teaspoons Garam Masala Powder
• 1 Teaspoon whole Toasting Seeds
• 100ml Natural Yogurt
• 4 Tablespoons Tomato Puree
• 100ml Pureed Onion
• 1 Small onion, 2 Deseeded Tomatoes, chopped into a very fine dice to garnish

To make the Onion Puree, bring a small pan of water to the boil and add some chopped onions. Boil until soft, drain and puree with a hand blender or in a food processor. Freeze any extra you make for next time.

Heat a large saucepan on a high heat. Once it is hot add the whole seeds and toast them until they sizzle and crackle. Now add the oil and then add the chopped onions and reduce the heat to low. You can optionally add 1 or 2 Whole Star Anise which help bring out the sweetness of the onions and imparts a subtle aniseed flavour but remove them once the onions are cooked. Cook the onions gently and slowly until they turn a golden brown colour.

Make a paste of the ginger puree, garlic puree, curry powder, Turmeric powder, Chilli powder, with a little water. Add to saucepan and stir in well and fry for a couple of minutes.

Now add your 800g Cooked Chicken Tikka stir in well.

Mix the Yogurt, Tomato Puree, Onion Puree, together in a jug with the water or stock and pour into the saucepan and mix in well. Turn up the heat until the sauce begins to simmer and leave to simmer for 10 Minutes. Stir occasionally.

Finally sprinkle in the Garam masala and stir in well for the final 2 minutes of cooking. Garnish with the 1 Small onion, 2 Deseeded Tomatoes, chopped into a very fine dice and serve.

Enjoy!

Reynard City

About a month ago i set out on an expedition to find new titles to read. On my journey, with a little help from Twitter, i found a nice little online comic called Reynard City.

Many of the digital comics i found on the Internet are written and produced by experienced teams or individuals already established in some way in the industry. The thing is, Reynard City, from Polycomical, isn't just any comic. It's been set up as a platform fro new talent; artists, writers, etc, to gain vital exposure and experience in the industry. This is a key point to remember. This is new talent.

Reynard City is set in an animal world in another dimension. A group of freedom fighters including AK Girl, Hyper Rob and Wondervixen battle again the evil Mega for and the Consortium to free their planet from destruction. I wont spoil it for you though as there is a twist in the story line early on, plus it's better you read it tan me trying to describe it!

The quality of the work is pretty good. Decent Artwork and Will Turner, et al, do well as writers.

It's not without its ups and downs though. In a couple of issues the story becomes hard to follow due to some ill placed speech bubbles that can be too big, have awkward fonts and contain too much white space. This is the minority of issues though. Notably issues 6 & 8 are very well produced. They look great and are my favourite of the series so far. Something i'd pick up off the shelf at my local comic book store. The series also contains one black & white issue (#5). I like the work from this artist and can See his name being in many high profile niche titles in the future.

I'm a big fan of cover art and RC, even though it's only 9 issues in, has it's fair share of striking front page visuals. Issues 2, 3, 4 & 5 are my personal favourites. They set the mood for the story ahead and entice you to begin reading.

Well, i think I've said enough. Now hit the link below and go and read it for yourself!!

http://www.reynardcity.co.uk/

If you're on Twitter, do an early follow Friday and follow @reynardcity