BBC Food - Recipes - Chicken curry with ginger and red pepper served with pilau rice

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 8 chicken thighs , skin on, bone in
• 2 large onions , finely sliced
• 5 garlic cloves, chopped
• 5cm/2in piece root ginger , chopped
• 1 large red pepper , chopped
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 3 tbsp mild curry paste
• 1 tbsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp dry fenugreek leaves
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• ¼ root turmeric , finely grated
• 1 fresh red chilli , finely sliced
• ½ bunch fresh coriander
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon sticks
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 500g/1lb 2oz basmati rice , rinsed and drained
• 1 tsp salt
• 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter