Kitchen Sink Chicken And Vegetable Curry

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small head cauliflower, broken into medium sized florets
• 1 medium eggplant, skin on, sliced lengthwise into 8 wedges
• salt and pepper for roasting eggplant and cauliflower
• 2 tablespoons oil - canola, vegetable, or olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced lengthwise and then chopped
• 2 tablespoons curry powder (Penzey's or The Spice Hunter)
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala, for the sauce, plus extra to sprinkle on the eggplant and cauliflower
• 1 firm, tart apple or Asian pear, chopped
• 1 banana, chopped roughly
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste
• 2 to 3 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups cooked chicken, roughly chopped in bitesize pieces
• 1/3 cup dried black currants
• 1/2 cup dry roasted unsalted cashews, or other nutmeats

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the eggplant wedges and cauliflower florets in a metal half sheet pan. Sprinkle with 2 TBS olive oil, salt, pepper and a little sprinkling of garam masala. Thoroughly mix with your clean hands. Place the vegetables in the lower third of the oven. After 15 minutes, turn the vegetables, After another 15 minutes, remove the eggplant, which should be tender yet firm and not falling apart. Keep the cauliflower in the oven for another 15 to 20 minutes, until browned, Remove from oven.
2. In the meantime, heat the other 2 TBS. of oil in a large saute pan or skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and garlic and saute for about 8 minutes, but do not brown. Add the curry powder and the 1/4 TSP. of garam masala. Mix the spices into the onion mixture, and cook on medium low heat for a few minutes. Add the bay leaf, the apple, and the banana. Continue to stir until the spices cover all the contents of the pan. Add the tomato paste and chicken stock and mix well. Bring to a boil, then turn the flame down to simmer. Cover and cook for about 20 to 30 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Remove from heat.
3. Ladle a little less than half of the curry mixture into a blender or food processor and blend until pureed. Return the puree to the sauce pan with the unblended mixture, and mix the sauce so it is well incorporated. (Note: if you want a thinner finished sauce, use about one-third of the mixture for the blender.)
4. Chop the cooled eggplant into 2" chunks. Add the eggplant, the roasted cauliflower, the cooked chicken, and the currants to the curry sauce. Cover and cook over medium heat until the mixture is simmering lightly. Add the cashews and give a final stir, making sure all ingredients are well incorporated into the sauce.
5. Serve over brown, basmati, or jasmine rice. This is delicious with a nice raita and some chutney.
6. NB: The chicken may be omitted and you can use vegetable stock if you would like to make this curry vegetarian. Other vegetables such as potatoes and sweet potatoes can be given the roasting treatment and added to the curry mixture as noted above.

olive oil, head cauliflower, salt, oil canola, onion, garlic, stalks celery, curry powder, garam masala, firm, banana, bay leaf, tomato paste, chicken stock, chicken, black currants, cashews

Taken from food52.com/recipes/49546-kitchen-sink-chicken-and-vegetable-curry (may not work)