Kadai Chicken
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
1 of 3
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