How to make a BIR Chicken Bhuna!

Hello there my wonderfully inspired fans! here is a classic BIR recipe which will teach you some skills on how to make most basic chicken curries. The thick sauce has wonderful flavour and can be adapted easily to your taste.
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Ingredients:
Serves 1
2 tablespoon of vegetable oil
big pinch of cumin seeds
pinch of onion seeds (nigella)
2 bay leaves
1 inch cinnamon stick ( small strip of cassia bark about 1 x 5 cm)
1 cardamom pod
1 medium onion diced
1 heaped tsp garlic
1 heaped tsp ginger
2 green peppers
half a chopped tomato
2 tablespoons tomato puree (Watch me make it here!: bit.ly/BIRPuree)
8 pieces pre-cooked chicken
pinch of salt
250ml Base Gravy (Watch me make it here!: bit.ly/BaseGravy)
coriander to garnish
*spice mix
1/2 chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 heaped tsp curry powder
Method:
First add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to a large pan,
put it on a medium-high heat and add the cumin seeds, onion seeds, bay leaves, cardamom pod and cinnamon.
Step 2, when the seeds begin to crackle quickly add your diced onion and stir to combine.
stir fry for a few minutes before adding your teaspoons of garlic and ginger paste,
continue cooking for a further 5 minutes or so or until the onions start to go translucent and brown.
Step 3, add your green peppers and chopped tomato pieces. add in your spice mix aswell and give it a good stir.
stir fry for 30 seconds or so, just get the spices hot and well mixed before adding in your tomato puree over them.
stir to combine and cook for a minute or two.
Step 4, add in your pre-cooked chicken pieces and stir to combine, add a pinch of salt
and continue to stir and fry for a minute or so until the chicken has warmed through properly
add your gravy and allow it to cook and reduce down till desired consistency!
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Thank you for full instructions , looks amazing as always

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I need to stop watching these on a Sunday morning, toast not doing anything for me now

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I ended up not cooking my cheese and broccoli soup tonight and went for the hotdogs we have in the fridge because it just feels pointless cooking hahaha

[@stevefield7632]

Love your expert guidance Latif. I've been following many South Indian recipe channels and surprised to find your recipes are at least as good. I can see where restaurants need to take short cuts whilst ensuring the quality doesn't suffer. Great to see one of our own representing the best of British Indian Restaurant food. I wish you well my friend

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Man, its the the simple little tips you give that only add to the magic, it doesn't detract from it. It just makes me think "why am I not cooking like this everyday???" Keep up the good work sir, loving the channel. I might even threaten to come and taste it for myself one day.

[@mariebrammer1652]

Definitely going to give this a try on our Saturday night curry night. Thank you for all these brilliant recipes.

[@909mrwill]

Absolutely superb, Thank you Latif.

[@GlesgaChick1]

I've just made this and it's really good. Thank you for sharing Latiff I've made loads of ur recipes. Keep up the good work for i love ur 'recipes n love making them.

[@johnw5154]

Looks great. Love watching your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@pamjarman5494]

Base gravy is a game changer. I use it with all my curries now. Thanks!

[@adbraham]

Really enjoyable video with great content! Thank you !

[@Msmiths]

Been watching your vids, got to say I’ve got the bug for cooking BIR curries, tried the chicken madras recipe, OMG, moved out to PERTH Western Australia 8 years ago, I would say I haven’t found a decent curry yet that resembles BIR cooking, UNTIL now!! Keep on posting them recipes love it!!!!!

[@jaynecassidy3651]

I’m working my way through them all. Been good fun and taste great. Thank you 😊

[@unclepete5877]

Latif younate my hero. Got me visiting indian foodstores for industrial quantities of spices. Makking all the curries now. Ty

[@dudestyle01]

Another excellent video Latif.... I will be making this later tonight. Your homestyle Bhuna is one of my favourites so it will be good to compare the two.

[@laticman7010]

Looks amazing buddy lovin your work

[@centralwebs]

Yup, love your bhuna's, so sure we'd love to see a video on those bhuna onions, thanks Latif.

[@gernblenstein1541]

Brilliant deglazing technique to caramelize the onion. Such wonderful masalas, chef. Thank you.

[@bio10155]

I stumbled on your channel today - I'm so hooked and subscribed! Great cooking tutorials :)

[@TheScouseassassin]

Another great video, perfect BIR Bhuna. Kasoori methi I started using about 3 years ago...it's up there with Fire and the Wheel as my most important inventions....I love it in any curry!!!

[@jeneway1]

Another master class a per the norm you are the the gift that just keeps giving

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love love love from Ireland mate.....jeez you have taught me so much.....keep it up man....cheers

[@keltyk]

Wowsome. Really did taste a lot like BIR. I used Oakham Chicken mini fillets out of Marks & Spencer. I pre-cooked them whole, as chopping could make them dry out. They were succulent. Not an expensive product, but it punched above its weight for flavour in this dish. I used your Ginger Garlic paste, your tomato puree and your base gravy. Delicious. Will be making it again plenty

[@ogducky5652]

Love your vid,s mate 🔥💯🤘🏼I have asked a few times now but can you show us how to make restaurant style coconut rice please mate🙏🙏🙏

[@johnramsay6924]

Great videos Latif, thank you for your effort in making these. 10/10

[@shadcrow522]

You are an amazing teacher Chef Latif thank you.

[@danmount007]

Another cracking dish Latif! Thank you 🙏 Peace ☮️

[@mrhappyfoot]

havent had a good bhuna since i was a teenager, thanks mate, going to try this today

[@thebandit1853]

Spectacular latz my bro

[@robmoore433]

My favourite Indian dish, thank you 🙏

[@AshrafAli-sj5mj]

I tried to make the curry from scratch and if I say so myself the curry was really tasty MashaAllah May Allah reward you for your efforts ameen.

[@brownjim77]

Thankyou for showing me how to make this.you make it look easy like your other recipes

[@nigel8499]

Looks amazing, thanks for sharing

[@theoallen3165]

Awesome video, tastes great and easy to do at home 👍🏻

[@jayr7861]

Another fantastic dish thank you. I know what we will be having for dinner tomorrow at our house! 🍛

[@tonypizzaman985]

Hi i understand the BIR concept as they are for speed in a restaurant,i would like to see more traditional bengali methods as i love cooking them at home for my family.Thanks and great videos,wish i was closer to taste your food!

[@frankvine8926]

Thank you mr Latif for your lovely videos. Your other videos are good.i can’t afford to go restaurants This helps me. Thank you

[@genuinecomments4008]

Your so clean love it man.

[@MrLGDUK]

Would love the recipe for the Bhuna Onions Just made pre-cooked chicken. Tomorrow I'll be making base gravy and then I'll make this BIR Chicken Bhuna. Amazing! Thank you so much 😁

[@MrLGDUK]

What a difference it makes to have Latif's videos! It's the first time I've ever felt the dish I've made could have come from a fabulous Indian restaurant!! Amazing! My father is also very grateful 👌

[@lesliehollands2689]

Hi Latif, I'm in Detroit, Michigan, USA. I have made a few of your dishes. So good! Thank You so much for making the videos. 👍🏽

[@chuck275]

This is great.... My fave is actually the chicken tikka bhuna, keema naan and........ Chips.... Yes I said chips. Seriously, that thick sauce dipped in the naan... It's amazing

[@raveon7260]

would love the bhuna onions Latif please ...

[@Godwinsname]

Yes

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So would I.

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Same here....keep up the good work...fantastic videos.

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Me too! Would love to know how to cook a Rogan Josh dish please. Just found your channel and I'm hooked!!!

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Likewise.

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I made the butter chicken today. First time any complex Indian food. Fantastic. Wife compared it to her favorite Indian restaurant. Thx, bro.

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Amazing as always

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Fantastic knowledge off indian cooking as always. Latiff you need to write a book man!!

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Feel the love from Isan, Northeast Thailand.

[@johnwatkin731]

Looks lovely

[@christineconstable2325]

Hi Latif, im a new subscriber and loving your channel. I have just made your chicken bhuna and it was delicious. Many thanks

[@hyouniss4586]

love the music at the end. Well done Latif

[@waxfiend7359]

Love you’re channel mate ! My curry’s are next level thanks to you. Have you got a link to the pan you use so I can buy? Many thanks

[@philipatkinson7039]

Hi wax you can purchase the pan's at some asian supermarkets along with all the herbs and spices to cook fantastic meals at home, they cost about 8 to 12 pounds each, i have several and i can tell you this they do make a difference mate, you can also get them off eBay just type in indian cooking pan and keep looking hope this as helped you out 😊👍

[@longy2245]

Great video Latif as always and yeah show us the bhuna onion recipe please it all adds to the dish

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Looks delicious very nice

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I love the way you leave all your recipe's in the description! Keep up the good work.

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[@tehklevster]

Sorry if I'm teaching everyone to suck eggs, and I know Latif knows this, but for the benefit of others less well knowledgeable about cooking sauces...using a wee splash of water helps release or deglaze the "fond" off of the bottom of the pan. The "fond" is that stuff that often looks burned, but it isn't, and if caught on time, it's a concentration of deeply tasty flavours that can be re-integrated back into your sauce by deglazing. Depending on cooking style, this can be water, stock, red/white wine, basically any liquid. Wee splashes of water are your friend to release the fond and make your dish tasty. I learned this from my brother who was a chef 25 years ago, it always works.

[@sam-dn9hr]

Love your videos and love indian food thank you for sharing your recipies much love from a drunk person :)

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

I never thought of cardamon or bay leaf in Bhuna, so I will now Thank You.

[@colinmills3175]

Many thanks Mr Latifs, can't wait to try cook this one!! Wife loves bhuna. Please could you cook shashlck chicken? My favourite and and would to cook it!!! Colin from Reading

[@mwmillar]

Love your work, this recipe is a family favourite. Been following your process as I can’t get a great BIR curry in Australia, had few OK ones. One question, how do you manage to keep your aluminium pans so clean. Mines clean but very stained and can’t get the spice stains off. Perhaps a future video on how we keep these fry pans sparkling again when following along at home 🙂

[@jaynecassidy3651]

I’m so glad i came across you. Having a go at most of your dishes. Anyway i can make naan bread at home?

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can you give us a link where you can buy those lovely heavy looking dishes that you have the measured spices in. Thanks. Lovely posts.

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Love you style man keep it up

[@tonypotter1949]

Great job Latif.. Yes, please share your Bhuna Onions.

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Salaam bai. All the best for your channel. Keep up the good work. In Sha Allah not long now till you reach 100k

[@LatifsInspired]

Mijanur Khan Inshaa Allah

[@nlo114]

7:24 - ..."a good heaped chef's spoon"... Love it!

[@watching_events447]

Made this tonight and loved it. Nice contrast to your madras I tried a few nights ago.

[@rawmethod]

Bhuna onion video please Latif. And the garlic ginger mix, really want to see that. Thanks for the great content, my curries are much better now thanks to you 👍

[@davidhutchinson4661]

Looks nice

[@mastercook62]

A+ again Latif👍,, There is no substitute for good old base gravy if you're trying to cook BIR dishes 😘

[@thomasrust6637]

These are so great. Could you tell us how long the base curry will keep for? Keep up the great content. 😁

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tht looks real nice

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Govner be up from Brighton soon pal , hope your be there pal x

[@coffeeguy6673]

Oh boy, got my tum rumbling this has, looks delish, wish we had smellyvision hehe.....thanks, Latif !

[@itsmeagain8604]

Looks so good. Thanks for the great lessons and tips. Where online could I buy some Persian Limes ?

[@LatifsInspired]

itsmeagain not sure

[@itsmeagain8604]

​@@LatifsInspired do you ever use them in your dishes ? I asked because we went to a Bengali restaurant in Arundel and loved the taste of these limes in the dish. The chef brought me a picture of what he called India limes.

[@stevenroberts7879]

Love these videos great job :)

[@ozhoneybadger]

Why don't you cook a curry and show us so we can have a competition

[@johnyswift1984]

Hey Latif loving the recipes! Can you please do a video for a mint yoghurt sauce and a fish curry :)

[@Dawgreen]

I've found the easiest mint dip is to get natural yoghurt and mix with mint sauce . . . Yup the mint sauce you put on your lamb roast . Pinch of sugar. Pinch of tumeric , thin it out with a drop of milk . Job done . Honestly it's the best thing ever .

[@2033e]

Two pinches of Kasoori Methi is missing from the list of ingredients. Making this tonight. Love your work, thank you for all the wonderful recipes.

[@SabinaKhatun-gx6zi]

Great video! Can't wait for the recipe book!

[@bglove7770]

Would love to see how you make your onions please ☺️

[@danialkhan6800]

That's really nice but please can you make these cooking with base gravy and tomato puree please sir because we have your gravies at home

[@sylhetstar]

Nice

[@fbaprofitguru]

Is there a recipe for the bhuna onion? Would be useful if possible. Great channel.

[@dogwalker666]

Mouthwatering

[@ds111dodger5]

Would love a video on bhuna onions please :)

[@jacquiyou]

How to pre cook onion please, I am from South Africa

[@jenny9249]

What do you do with the leftover cooked chicken sauce , also would be great to see what you can freeze and how to package it for freezing 😋😋

[@zarunabegum6943]

Wud luv to see a video on bhuna onions pls

[@Fletchlie]

Clicked for later 👍

[@matthewbaker5593]

If I make your spice mix, do I still add everything in the recipe or just your spice mix?

[@moislam6357]

🍗foooooooooood 🤤

[@Mareat27]

Making this tonight, silly question but I'm right in thinking you dont eat the cassia bark right?

[@23nikeel]

Thanks Chef looks great! Have a question for you. I understand the chicken is pre-cooked but when cooking a bhuna you need a high heat as you have shown to evaporate off all the water in the sauce. But doesn't this high heat tip the chicken over from being cooked to being overcooked? Especially breast where there's a very fine line between cooked and moist and overcooked and dry? This has been bugging me for a while so thanks for your answer

[@dudestyle01]

No it is cooking in liquid which keeps it moist.

[@23nikeel]

@@dudestyle01 ah thanks, I guess that makes sense

[@sunflowerbaby1853]

Can you please recommend a garam masala brand? Thanks.

[@brushsuka]

Delicious Indian food is the best

[@mrbridger5]

Watching on a Sunday morning... Is it wrong to want this for breakfast? 😄👌

[@dpow888]

I’m self taught but more or less do the same as you do. I miss some of the oil seasoning but use cinnamon and cloves as a substitute. I also don’t use base gravy, instead I use a tin of chopped tomatoes. Your curry looks beautiful 👍👍👍

[@psyick9543]

DeanoP it’s worth trying a batch of base sauce and freezing it in portions. It gives curries a much better depth of flavour and richness that you don’t get otherwise (except maybe slow cooker curries)

[@dpow888]

psyick Good thinking as I usually only make a curry once a week but make 2 portions in the same pan, one for Saturday and the other as a hangover Monday cure😆 I will give it a go and report back 👍

[@psyick9543]

DeanoP The other good thing is base sauce is very easy to make (not tried Latin’s yet mind) chop a few veg, add some spices then just leave it to cook for 1-2 hours. Then making a curry with it only takes about 15 mins.

[@anthonybingham7468]

Looks absolutely delicious, next time I’m down near you I’m coming for dinner.👍

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Don’t bother it taste like dog shit

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[@Jesminaktarxx]

Can you show us how to make king prawns dansak recipe please.

[@since78]

I would like to see how the Bhuna onion is made please thanks!