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Homestyle Chicken Curry

Feb-16-2016
Bindiya Sharma
15 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Homestyle Chicken Curry RECIPE

A Comforting and warm Chicken curry.. serve piping hot with paranthas/chapatis.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Easy
  • Everyday
  • Punjabi
  • Frying
  • Sauteeing

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1 kg Chicken pieces(can be boneless if desired)
  2. 2 Large onions(pureed)
  3. 5-6 Large Red tomatoes(pureed)
  4. 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  5. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  6. 1/2 tsp Deggi mirch
  7. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  8. 1 tbsp Garam Masala
  9. 1 tbsp Fresh cream
  10. 2 Fresh Green chillies, sliced(or as per taste)
  11. Fresh Ginger juliennes for garnishing
  12. 2 tbsp ghee
  13. Salt to taste
  14. 1-2 cups Hot water
  15. 1 tsp Crushed Kasuri Methi

Instructions

  1. Heat ghee in a heavy pan.
  2. Fry the Chicken pieces, a few at a time till brown and almost cooked. Remove and reserve.
  3. In the same ghee, add the pureed onions and brown over low heat.
  4. Now add in the cumin, ginger-garlic paste and deggi mirch.
  5. Fry for 2 more minutes, then tip in the tomato puree.
  6. Let cook till oil separates.
  7. Add in the Chicken pieces, green chillies, turmeric, garam masala and salt. Mix well.
  8. Add hot water and transfer Chicken to a pressure cooker and cook for upto two whistles, alternately cover and cook for 15-20 minutes in the pan or till Chicken is cooked through.
  9. Mix in the cream and kasuri methi, adjust the amount of gravy required.
  10. Garnish with the ginger juliennes and serve hot.

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Ranjana Ghosh
Sep-09-2018
Ranjana Ghosh   Sep-09-2018

Made this! First time cooking after a long while and this was perfect for some late night dinner. Substituted ghee with butter and it was already pretty good, can't wait to make it with ghee next time!

Pearl Carvalho
Dec-10-2016
Pearl Carvalho   Dec-10-2016

Love a this dish

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