THAI-STYLE STIR FRIED CHICKEN

Ingredients:-

·        500gms boneless chicken

·        1 yellow bell pepper

·        1 red bell pepper

·        Fresh basil leaves

·        5-6 cloves of garlic

·        Olive oil

·        Soy sauce

·        1 tamarind

·        Jaggery

·         3 dates

·        Salt

·        Black pepper

·        Vegetable broth

Preparation:-

·        Soak tamarind and dates in half a cup water for 2 hours. When it softens, separate the pulp from the seeds. Crush it and mix a spoonful of jaggery and dissolve it in the water.

·        Heat olive oil in a pan and add finely chopped garlic to it. When the garlic begins changing colour add the chicken. Toss it around in the pan over a high flame for a good 5-6 minutes.

·        When the chicken has changed colour, add a tablespoon of the tamarind-date sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, salt and ground black pepper. Toss it around and coat the chicken with all of it.

·        Add finely chopped bell peppers, crushed basil leaves and a ladle of vegetable broth. Let it bubble on a high flame for a minute.

·        Serve hot with steamed rice.