Hotel Style Chicken Curry

Ingredients

• Chicken 1 kg
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Medium onions 2, sliced
• Ginger paste 1 tbsp
• Garlic paste 3/4 tbsp
• Dried fenugreek leaves 1 tbsp
• Dried red chilies 2
• Tomatoes 3 big
• Salt 1 tsp
• Red chili 3/4 tsp or as needed
• Turmeric powder 3/4 tsp
• Coriander powder 2.5 tsp
• Kashmiri Red chili powder 1 tsp (optional)
• Garam masala 3/4 tsp

Preparation

1. Dry roast fenugreek leaves and dried red chilies and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a cooking pot and add onions. Fry until golden.
3. Add ginger and garlic paste and fry until aromatic.
4. Add chicken pieces and fry for 3-4 minutes until the chicken just turns white.
5. Add salt, red chili, turmeric and coriander powder and fry until chicken turns brown, about 8-10 minutes. Raw smell of chicken will be no more at this stage,
6. Blend together tomatoes and dried red chilies with 1 cup of water and add to the chicken. Add Kashmiri red chili powder at this stage and mix.
7. Mix, cover and cook for 20-25 minutes until the chicken is well cooked.
8. Lastly, add garam masala and roasted and crushed fenugreek.
9. Mix, cover and cook on lowest flame for 1 minute.
10. Enjoy with roti or naan.

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Hotel Style Chicken Curry

Author: Naush

Ingredients

• Chicken 1 kg
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Medium onions 2 sliced
• Ginger paste 1 tbsp
• Garlic paste 3/4 tbsp
• Dried fenugreek leaves 1 tbsp
• Dried red chilies 2
• Tomatoes 3 big
• Salt 1 tsp
• Red chili 3/4 tsp or as needed
• Turmeric powder 3/4 tsp
• Coriander powder 2.5 tsp
• Kashmiri Red chili powder 1 tsp optional
• Garam masala 3/4 tsp

Instructions

• Dry roast fenugreek leaves and dried red chilies and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a cooking pot and add onions. Fry until golden.
• Add ginger and garlic paste and fry until aromatic.
• Add chicken pieces and fry for 3-4 minutes until the chicken just turns white.
• Add salt, red chili, turmeric and coriander powder and fry until chicken turns brown, about 8-10 minutes. Raw smell of chicken will be no more at this stage,
• Blend together tomatoes and dried red chilies with 1 cup of water and add to the chicken. Add Kashmiri red chili powder at this stage and mix.
• Mix, cover and cook for 20-25 minutes until the chicken is well cooked.
• Lastly, add garam masala and roasted and crushed fenugreek.
• Mix, cover and cook on lowest flame for 1 minute.
• Enjoy with roti or naan.