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Coconut Chicken Curry

Name: Coconut Chicken Curry
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Comoros
Ingredients: 2 Chicken thighs; 200ml Coconut milk; 1 Tomato; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Curry powder

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken gently simmered in coconut milk and spices — a frequent guest at Comorian dinner tables.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

This curry embodies the crossroads of Arab, African, and French culinary influence that defines Comoros. Multiple spices — cardamom, clove, cinnamon — layer together, with the blend varying from household to household.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Ladled generously over rice, sometimes finished with a scattering of toasted almonds.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Chicken thighs 2
Coconut milk 200ml
Tomato 1
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Curry powder 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Mince the onion and garlic; roughly chop the tomato.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the onion and garlic.
Add the tomato and curry powder and cook together.
Add the chicken and cook until the surface turns white.
Pour in the coconut milk, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Season with salt and serve.

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