Every family has it’s own Chicken Curry Recipe. So does mine. It is rustic, spicy, flavorsome and insanely delicious. After all, it is a family recipe. This everyday chicken curry and the holiday, precisely Sunday have some old connection. The two are meant for each other.
Ingredients
- 1 kilogram chicken pieces with bone
- 4 onion, fine chopped + 2 onion
- 1 small-size tomato
- 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 - 3 green chilies
- 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
- 2 - 3 green cardamom (hari elaichi)
- 2 - 3 cloves (laung)
- 4 tbsp mustard oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder (dhaniya powder)
Directions
- Wash the chicken pieces and pat them dry.
- Make paste of two onion and tomato in a mixer. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. Once the oil starts fuming reduce the heat and the whole spices (bay leaf, cardamom and cloves). Fry till their aroma is released approximately few seconds.
- Next add the chopped onion. Fry it over low flame till golden in color.
- Once onion is done add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till it too turns golden.
- Now add the onion and tomato paste prepared earlier.
- Fry the masala over low heat till it starts leaving the sides of the pan. Stirring at regular intervals.
- Add spices - turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and salt. Stir and fry for few seconds.
- Now its time to add the chicken pieces. Fry the chicken pieces for 5 - 6 minutes or till they turn pale while in color. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the chicken over low heat till the time when water starts oozing out of the chicken pieces.
- Now add the 2 Cups of water, green chili and garam masala to the curry.
- Allow the curry to simmer till it thicken a bit and the chicken is cooked through.
- Garnish with freshly chopped coriander.
- Serve chicken curry with rice/chapati.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving | %DV |
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Serving Size 203g | |
Recipe makes 6 servings | |
Calories 363 | |
Calories from Fat 239 | 66% |
Total Fat 26.69g | 33% |
Saturated Fat 6.04g | 24% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 85mg | 28% |
Sodium 84mg | 4% |
Potassium 375mg | 11% |
Total Carbs 8.46g | 2% |
Dietary Fiber 1.8g | 6% |
Sugars 3.54g | 2% |
Protein 22.21g | 36% |
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