Good old ‘chicken curry’…..goes well with rice or bread. My family loves it because it tastes so good and I love it because it is so easy to make!!
Ingredients:
Chicken – 2 lbs, thighs and legs (cleaned, skinned and halved)
Oil – 2 tbsp
Onions – 2 medium, sliced
Tomatoes – 3 medium, chopped
Cinnamon – 1” stick
Black Cardamom – 1
Peppercorns – 4, whole
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Garlic – ½ tbsp, finely chopped
Ginger - ½ tsp, grated
Garam Masala – 1 tsp
Chili Powder – to taste
Salt – to taste
Yogurt – ½ cup, well beaten
Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
Cilantro- 5 sprigs, finely chopped for garnishing
Green Chili – 1, finely chopped for garnishing
Method:
- In a medium non-stick wok, heat Oil on medium to high flame.
- Add Cumin seeds and allow them to splutter
- Then we add Whole Spices i.e. Cinnamon, Cardamom, Peppercorn and cook for 1 minute.
- Add in Onions and allow them to cook and become translucent and then, Ginger and Garlic is next - mix.
- Once the onions are golden brown, add in the tomatoes and mix well.
- Now add your powdered spices - Garam Masala, Red Chili Powder and Salt. Reduce flame to medium and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add cleaned Chicken, mix well cook for 6-7 minutes.
- Add yogurt and mix it gently into the chicken.
- Reduce heat a little, cover the wok with tight lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- Check on the Chicken and stir once in-between to make sure it is not burning at the bottom.
- Remove Chicken from heat and add Lemon Juice. Give it a final mix and serve with Cilantro and Green Chili as garnishing.
- Serves 4-6.
Tips
- Watch and learn!
- This dish is so simple, just follow the directions and that is the only tip you will need.
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March 11th, 2008 at 5:50 am
I’ve always made curry with ready mixes. It’d be an experience to try this.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
dear maam
it was a lovely experience as i saw your
chicken curry video on you tube. it seemed
delicious making my mouth water.it looked
beautuiful when it was fully ready in the
end. i would love to make it.thank you.
yours faithfully
samreen zaidi
NOIDA
May 18th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hi,
I’ve seen many of your recipes and have tried them too……The recipes are presented in a very easy way…..and also looks mouth watering…
And yaa in the above recipe you have forgotten to mention about the onions,mean when one should add them……but anyways the recipe is very good….
May 19th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Oops, Sorry and thanks for bringing it to our attention. Have fixed it now.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Interesting, So you do not add any water for the gravy at all?
May 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hi Karishma:
The yogurt creates the gravy for this dish.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:02 am
Ok so I tried this recipe.. came out well except the onions and tomatoes were visible in the gravy unlike in most curries where the tomatoes and onions totally disappear and the gravy is smooth.. is that how its supposed to be?
May 28th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Yes, you are supposed to be able to see the onions…this is ‘Balti-style’ of chicken curry and has an awesome flavor. If you want to try the other type of Chicken Curry, here is the link:
http://www.showmethecurry.com/2008/04/21/spicy-chicken-curry/
Both the recipes are good but different. Enjoy!
June 5th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Hi
The spicy chicken curry looks good. But I live in a place where there are no indian groceries. Does regular supermarkets carry these ingredients.
Also, if I was to use curry powder will that work for the spicy chicken curry recipe.
thanks
June 5th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Hi Dinah,
Some of the whole spices can be found at a regular grocery store, but some spice powders are not. There are many online Indian grocery stores you may want to look into. You can use curry powder - it is a basically a blend of many different spices. The taste will be a little different.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 am
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