Turmeric Chicken Thigh Curry

Before you start cooking, take your chicken out of the fridge, open the packet and let it air

Add your basmati rice and 300ml [390ml] [600ml] cold water to a pot with a lid and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 10-12 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked, once cooked, remove from the heat and keep covered until serving

Boil a kettle

Peel your ginger (scrape the skin off with a teaspoon) and chop roughly (or grate)

Peel and chop your garlic roughly

Peel and dice your brown onion[s] finely

Roll your lime[s] with your hand on a hard surface (to release more juice) and cut in half

Split open your cardamom pods, removing the black inner seeds

Grind them slightly in a pestle and mortar, and heat a dry pan over a medium-low heat

Once hot, add the cardamom seeds to the pan with your chilli flakes (can't handle the heat? Go easy!) and ground turmeric and cook for 30 secs or until fragrant

Once fragrant, add a drizzle of vegetable oil to the pan

Add the onion, ginger, garlic and lime leaves and continue to cook for 1 min

Add in the chicken stock mix, ground almonds and half of the honey (you'll use the rest later)

Cook for a further 2 min

Transfer the mixture (keep the pan for step 6) to a processor and blitz until smooth paste - this is your curry paste

Boil half a kettle

Slice your chicken thighs into strips

Return the reserved pan to a medium-high heat with a drizzle of vegetable oil

Once hot, add the chicken strips and cook for 3-4 min or until until beginning to brown

Once browned, add the curry paste to the pan with 200ml [260ml] [340ml] boiled water

Cover with a lid and cook on a medium-low heat for 10 min, then remove the lid and reduce for 5 min further until thickened to a good consistency or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) – this is your turmeric chicken thigh curry

Meanwhile, trim your green beans

Add the trimmed green beans to a pot, cover them with boiled water (just enough to cover them) with a pinch of salt

Bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 3-4 min or until tender