Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Chicken
Non-Veg
Non-veg curry
Non-veg Thali
Side dish for Roti
Side dish for Idli, Dosa
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Are you tired of plain regular chicken curries? Try this juicy flavorful lipsmacking pepper chicken with the vibrant zing of freshly cracked black pepper corns. It makes a perfect choice to go along with almost all prime dishes like roti, naan, chapathi, rice dishes etc. Enjoy this hot and simple chicken preparation.

Ingredients

To marinate:

Chicken - ½ kg

Yoghurt - 1 tbsp

Oil - 1 tsp

Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp

Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp

Pepper pwd - ½ tsp

Salt to taste

To make Curry:

Oil - 2 tbsp

Curry leaves - a twig

Cardamom - 2

Cinnamon -1

Cloves - 3 to 4

Red chilly -1

Onions sliced - 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp

Fresh pepper corns- 1 tsp

Garam masala pwd- ¼ tsp

Lemon juice - few drops

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

Wash and clean the chicken pieces

2.

Marinate with yoghurt, salt, turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd and pepper pwd

3.

Allow to rest for 2 hours

4.

Heat oil in a frypan

5.

Add curry leaves, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves

6.

Wait to splutter

7.

Add red chillies and toss

8.

Add finely sliced onions and fry till light brown

9.

Add ginger garlic paste and stir for a minute

10.

Add the marinated chicken pieces

11.

Add turmeric pwd, coriander pwd, kashmiri red chilly pwd and salt

12.

Add ¼ cup of water and mix well

13.

Cover and cook till the chicken is done

14.

Simmer the flame and cook till the gravy thickens

15.

Once the curry attains desired consistency, sprinkle freshly crushed pepper pwd

16.

Sprinkle garam masala pwd and turn off the flame

17.

Squeeze few drops of lemon juice and transfer to serving plate

18.

Lipsmacking hot & delicious Pepper Chicken is ready

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