38 - Green Chicken Fry

Green Chicken Fry is a delicious chicken dry fry bursting with flavor.

It  is cooked in typical spicy south indian style , cooked in good old coconut oil.

Ingredients

500 gm chicken 

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp chilly powder

1 tbsp black pepper powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp garam  masala powder
1  tsp fennel seeds
Coconut oil
salt, to taste

To grind

1 small onion, sliced

a bunch of coriander leaves
10 - 15 curry leaves
6 cloves of garlic
2 green chilies
1 cup curd

Preparation

Wash the chicken and add  to it all the powders. Grind together all the ingredients mentioned above to a smooth paste. Now add this to the chicken and mix everything well. Marinate it for atleast 1 hour. 

Heat the oil in a pan. Add a few curry leaves. Add the marinated chicken. Stir and mix well. Cover and cook on low flame. Stir occasionally. When the chicken is almost cooked, remove the lid and stir and cook till the gravy almost dries up and the oil seperates. Add some coriander leaves for garnish Switch off the flame and keep it closed. 

Serve hot! Enjoy!!

36 - No Ginger No Garlic Chicken Roast

Back to recipe blogging! And it feels goooood! A year or more of procrastination, and now its time to be back with a bang.

This is definitely the easiest chicken recipe I have come across. So lets get straight to it.

Ingredients

500 gm chicken 

1 large onion, sliced

2 medium tomatoes, chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 1/2 tsp chilly powder

1 tsp black pepper powder

2 1/2 tbsp oil

a few sprigs of curry leaves

salt , as required

Preparation

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add the curry leaves.Then add the sliced onion. Saute till brown. Add tomatoes. Stir and cook till the tomatoes are well done and squishy. Add the turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt. Stir for a minute and then add the chicken. Stir for 2  minutes. Cover and cook on low flame. Stir occasionally. When the chicken is almost cooked, remove the lid and stir and cook till the gravy almost dries up. Now form  a ring with the chicken, and in the hole in the middle, heat the rest of the oil. Add the pepper powder to this oil. Cover this with the chicken and continue to roast  till it is dry. Add more pepper , if you require. Switch off the flame and keep it closed. 

Serve hot! Enjoy!!