Kadai Chicken

Chicken
Non-veg curry
Non-Veg
Non-veg Thali
Side dish for Roti
Side dish for Idli, Dosa
Lunch
Dinner
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Here’s the perfect delicious Chicken Kadai recipe that is noted for its lipsmacking spicy taste and tempting aroma. Kadai chicken is also called as chicken karahi. It makes an excellent side dish with rice or rotis. In this recipe the marinated chicken is cooked in red gravy with freshly ground spices.

Ingredients

Chicken - ½ kg

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp

Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp

Garam masala pwd - ½ tsp

Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

Coriander seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper corns - ½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp

Saunf - ½ tsp

Cinnamon - small stick

Cloves - 1 or 2

Red chilly - 1

Oil / ghee - 1 tbsp

Onion slices - 1 ½ cup

Green chilly -1 (optional)

Sliced tomato -1 cup

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves

Instructions

1.

Wash and chop chicken to bite sized pieces

2.

In a mixing bowl, add ginger garlic paste, turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, garam masala pwd, salt and lemon juice

3.

Mix well

4.

Add chicken pieces and coat well with masala

5.

Allow to marinate overnight or minimum 2 hours

6.

In a dry pan, add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, pepper corns, fenugreek, saunf, cinnamon, cloves and red chilly

7.

Roast for a minute

8.

Allow to cool

9.

Grind it to coarse pwd in a blender

10.

Heat ghee / oil in a kadai / fry pan

11.

Add onion slices and fry till light brown

12.

Add half of the coarsely ground pwd (step 9)

13.

Add curry leaves, green chilly, sliced tomatoes and saute until the tomatoes are cooked soft

14.

Add the marinated chicken and combine

15.

Cover and cook in low flame for about 15 minutes

16.

Stir once in a while

17.

Once the chicken is done, add the remaining ground masala pwd (step 9)

18.

Mix well

19.

Add freshly chopped coriander leaves

20.

Garnish with finely sliced ginger

21.

Lipsmacking good Kadai Chicken is ready

22.

Serve hot with tandoori roti, naan, paratha or with rice dishes

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