Chicken colombo curry in a cast iron pot with white rice
Martinique · Antillean

Colombo de Poulet

Martinique's Sunday curry: chicken simmered with a freshly roasted colombo blend, roots and a squeeze of lime at the end.

Préparation
25 min
Cuisson
55 min
Total
80 min
Pour
5
Difficulté
Facile
Type
Plat principal

Ingrédients

5 personnes

Préparation

  1. 1

    Season the chicken with garlic, colombo powder and salt and leave for 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Brown the chicken in oil, then add the roots and enough water to half cover.

  3. 3

    Drop in the whole scotch bonnet, cover and simmer 35 minutes without bursting the pepper.

  4. 4

    Remove the pepper, adjust the seasoning and finish with lime juice off the heat.

Astuces

  • Roast and grind your own colombo blend the morning you cook — the difference is immediate.

Nutrition

Valeurs par portion · Calculées

calories
438 kcal
protéines
34 g
glucides
28 g
lipides
20 g
fibres
4.1 g
sucres
4 g
sodium
610 mg
Colombo Masala
L'ingrédient derrière cette recette

Colombo Masala

Caribbean Pantry

The French Antilles' answer to curry, born of Indian indenture.

Origine
Brought by Tamil indentured workers to Martinique and Guadeloupe
Saveur
Toasted coriander and turmeric with mustard seed sharpness
Calories / 100 g
325 kcal
Saisonnalité
Year-round

L'histoire de cet ingrédient

After abolition, Tamil workers arrived in Martinique and Guadeloupe carrying roasted spice blends. Colombo is their legacy, now inseparable from Antillean home cooking.

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Yann Désirée

Yann Désirée

Martinique · Colombo and Creole gastronomy

Colombo is the smell of my mother's Sunday kitchen.

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Colombo: roasting your own blend

Toast, grind and balance a Martinican colombo blend, then cook a chicken colombo with seasonal roots.

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