Kuku paka - African chicken curry. This east African dish is one of the easiest "curries" you could ever make. Kuku is the Swahili word for chicken, and paka is the Bengali word for delicious. Kuku Paka is an abbreviation for Kuku Wa Kupaka which means chicken in sauce.

This wonderfully flavorful curry comes from Kenya, along the East African coast. The word 'kuku' means 'chicken' in Swahili and many believe that 'paka' refers to a dish made with coconut milk. However, 'paka' is also the Punjabi word for 'delicious.' Kuku Paka is a chicken dish with a coconut-based curry and is also called "kuku na nazi". You can cook Kuku paka - African chicken curry using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you Prepare that.

Ingredients of Kuku paka - African chicken curry

Prepare 600 g of chicken tight.
It's 2 tbsp of minced ginger.
You need 1 tbsp of minced garlic.
Prepare 1 tsp of chilli powder or paprika.
Prepare 2-3 of big green chilli.
It's 1 tin of coconut milk.
Prepare Tin of sweet corn (I got mix peas and sweet corn so I use that).
Prepare 1 of lemon.
Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
You need of Some salt.
Prepare 1 handful of green beans.
You need 1 of red chilli (finely chopped) for garnish.
You need 1 handful of coriander.
It's 1-2 tbsp of vegetable cooking oil.

It has Arabic, Indian and African influences. The dish is particularly popular in the East African coast and among the Indian communities living in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Variations: For authentic flavor, grill the chicken pieces before stirring them into the simmering sauce. If you like, you can also use boneless, skinless Some recipes add potatoes or hard-boiled eggs to the curry.

Kuku paka - African chicken curry step by step

Prep your ingredients, if you use chicken tight with bone I would leave the bone in and take chicken skin out..
Marinate your chicken with garlic, ginger, green chilli, a pinch of salt and turmeric. Leave it for 15-20 min..
On a griddle pan, high heat, spray some vegetable oil and place chicken on the griddle pan leave them cook about 3-5 min on each side or until chicken nice and golden brown on both side..
On a saucepan, medium heat, add coconut milk in and wait until coconut milk start boiling, add the rest of curry paste from marinate your chicken and you can add some water on the griddle pan to get those lovely sauce out and pour it in the saucepan too. Add chicken and green beans then sweet corn..
Add some lemon juice, seasoning with salt and add some coriander. Stir well and turn off the heat.
Put some finely sliced red chilli on top before serve.

The potatoes can be cooked ahead, cut into chunks and stirred into the curry toward the end. For authentic flavor, grill the chicken pieces before stirring them into the simmering sauce. If you like, you can also use Some recipes add potatoes or hard-boiled eggs to the curry. The potatoes can be cooked ahead, cut into chunks and stirred into the curry toward the end. Kuku Paka is a spiced chicken and coconut curry dish that is full of exotic flavours.