Recipe: Avocado, Chicken & Cashew Curry
My housemate bought me the best birthday present – an enameled cast iron casserole dish, which I've been itching to try! I had the idea last night to make a curry with one of my favourite ingredients – avocado. I hoped the avocado would work as a creamy base for the chicken curry, which seemed to work well. I love cashew nuts too, so added in a few, which was a good contrast to the texture of the avocados. I think next time I’ll add some more curry powder – I'm always wary of adding in too much!
- 2 Organic Chicken Breasts, diced
- 2 Ripe Avocados, mashed
- 1 Zucchini, diced
- 2 Mushrooms, diced
- 1.5 tins of Coconut Milk (I use Ayam)
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil (I'm using Melrose at the moment)
- 1 pot Tomato Paste
- 2 Onions (I used one white, one brown), diced
- 1 Handful of raw Cashew Nuts, roughly chopped
- 2 Cloves Garlic, crushed
- 1.5 Teaspoons Grated Ginger
- 1 Tablespoon Curry Powder
- Salt (I’m using Pink Himalayan Sea Salt)
- Half Teaspoon of each Cumin, Cinnamon, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika
- I browned the chicken in the coconut oil in the casserole dish; then put it to one side.
- I sautéed the onions until soft on a medium heat, and then added in the garlic, zucchini, mushrooms, coconut milk and tomato paste.
- I mashed up the avocados and stirred them in. I then added the chicken, spices, seasoning and cashew nuts and left it to simmer on a medium heat for 20 minutes.
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I though it turned out really well, but could have been a bit spicier. I don’t think dinners like this need anything to go with them, but I’m sure it would go well with some cauliflower rice.
This should serve at least four, which means lots of leftovers!
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Lucky girl, you got a great present! I’ve never cooked with avocado… sounds intriguing, will give it a shot.
I know, isn’t it a great present! Let me know what you think!
Hi Suz, cast iron is the way to go enjoy! I’ll have to cook with avocado too..
Isn’t it great Jodie! I’m so pleased with it and have been using it for absolutely everything!
I need to try this!!!!!
Would love to hear what you think of it Roberto!
Looks extremely yummy, gonna so try this !
You’ll love it! Time to get in the kitchen!
This looks great! I’ll definitely gonna try it. Never thought about cooking with avocados before and, now that you gave the ideia, I think it can make wonders for texture. Coincidently, I just bought two beatiful avocados and have almost all of the other ingredients here. Thanks for sharing this!
That was perfect timing Alice! I hope you enjoy it!
This looks AWESOME! Thanks for dropping by my blog BTW, it’s nice to get some blog love <3
Curries are something I can only do now and then, as I have a definite sensitivity, or maybe even allergy, to nightshades. At the age of 37, I was severely affected by osteoarthritis and giving up nightshades was (I think) a big part of getting rid of it (which also proves you CAN get rid of it, in spite of what doctors say. I was told the only way I'd improve is hip replacement.. mmm, no thanks). Since getting well, I can handle nightshades now and then, and have also learned to make curries without paprika and chilli. You use ginger to add the 'zing' but it's a bit more time consuming than using a pre-mix.
Thanks Sara! Was really pleased to find your blog.
I’m really keen to cut out nightshades as I suspect I don’t tollerate them well. My problem is that I use tomatoes as a base for almost everything! Ginger is a great addition.