Chicken & Sweet Potato Curry II

You know there are some foods that no matter how good they taste they just aren't photogenic, curry is one of those foods. 

When I make chicken & sweet potato curry I usually use the Rachel Ray recipe but this time I decided to a different version. Basically this is my Indian Butter Chicken recipe but I've changed the method of putting it together to make it a one dish meal instead of two. It's certainly a tasty curry though the flavor of the sweet potato was a little overpowered by the sauce.

Chicken & Sweet Potato Curry II

1 T olive oil

1 chicken breast, cut into small bite-sized pieces

1 medium onion, cut into large pieces

1 sweet potato, peeled & cut into thin slices

2 T unsalted butter

2 t lemon juice

1 garlic clove, peeled & crushed

1/2-piece of ginger, peeled & crushed

1 t cumin

1 t garam marsala

1 t chili powder

1/4 t cayenne pepper

1 14 oz can whole tomatoes, drained & chopped

1 T tomato paste

1/4 c plain yogurt

1 c half & half

1 T cornstarch

1/4 c water

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, onion & sweet potato. Cook until the chicken is cooked through & the sweet potatoes are beginning to soften. Add the butter to the pan & melt. Add the lemon juice, garlic, ginger, cumin, garam marsala, chili power & cayenne pepper. Stir & cook for about one minute. Add the tomato & tomato paste & cook a few more minutes. Stir in the yogurt & half & half. Allow to simmer for about 10 minutes or until the sweet potato is completely tender. Mix the cornstarch with the water & stir into the curry. Allow to thicken. Serve over rice.

Serves 3

On a totally unrelated note...

Some of you know that I do quite a bit of knitting. When I lived in San Francisco I often did window displays for Noe Knit which often involved knit food (cupcakes, wedding cake, bbq, donuts, etc...). Well last night I'm watching The Colbert Report & he's doing a story on subversive knitting when up pops this picture.

I just about jumped out of my seat...that's my picture of the turkey my friend Matthew knit for the Thanksgiving window! I guess someone at the show was looking through Flickr...how random.