Sesame Chicken from Taste Tibet: Family recipes from the Himalayas by Julie Kleeman and Yeshi Jampa

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Bassar curry masala (or hot chilli powder)
• 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
• 1 red pepper (capsicum), diced
• 1 green pepper (capsicum), diced
• 1 tomato, diced
• 2–3 fresh green chillies, thinly sliced on the diagonal
• 1 large garlic clove, thinly sliced
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 cm (2½ inch) piece of ginger, washed but not peeled, finely chopped
• 1½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2–3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• Coriander (cilantro) sprigs, to garnish – optional
• 3 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch)
• 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) chicken breast fillets
• 600 ml (21 fl oz) cooking oil