Easy recipe: Chicken in mushroom and sweet corn

Served with turmeric rice this recipe is delicious and since chicken goes well with sweet and sour it is such a lovely combination.

And extra touch of mushrooms will make it a little bit fancy and give it a scrumptious touch. Here is what you need to make this simple exquisite dish.

What you will need:

500g boneless chicken cut into strips

150g sweet corn (boiled)

Juice of 1 lime

1 teaspoon curry powder

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon garlic paste

2 tablespoons oil

1 onion sliced

70g tomato paste

1/2 cup water

Salt to taste

What to do:

Marinate the chicken with lime juice, garlic paste and black pepper.

In a pan over medium heat, add the oil. Sauté onions until golden and then pan sear the chicken until brown.

Add the curry powder, mix well using a spatula until flavours combine well. Add the tomato paste then sweet corn and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.

Add the 1/2 cup of water and some salt. Bring to a boil once flavours coat the chicken.

For the rice:

2 cups basmati rice

4 cups water

1 teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon oil

Salt to taste

What to do:

Mix all above ingredients, bring to a boil.

Once the liquid has almost evaporated reduce heat to low, cover with a tight lid and steam the rice for another ten minutes or until fluffy.