Indian Chicken Curry - Restaurant Style | Video
This Indian chicken curry is just like a traditional curry, but the difference is that this curry brings you a restaurant-style makeover as the chicken is cooked in plenty of flavorful sauce. Yum!
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Ingredients
Onion paste:
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 3 onions sliced
Indian chicken curry:
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
- 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger finely chopped
- 3 green chilies split
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom cardamom powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin cumin powder
- 2 teaspoon ground coriander coriander powder
- 2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 300 g canned diced tomatoes or 3 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 kg chicken cut into medium sized pieces
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup chopped mint leaves
- ¼ cup chopped coriander cilantro leaves
- Salt to taste
- Chopped coriander cilantro leaves, to garnish
Instructions
Onion paste:
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes or until browned. Remove from heat. Leave it to cool. Place onions in the bowl of a food processor. Process to a smooth paste. Set aside.
Indian chicken curry:
- Add oil to the same pan over medium-high heat. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and fennel seeds, and fry, stirring continuously, for 1 minute. Add garlic, ginger, green chilies and curry leaves, and sauté, stirring continuously, for 2 minutes or until aromatic.
- Add turmeric, cardamom, cumin, coriander, garam masala and red chili powder. Sauté, stirring continuously, for 1 minute. Add tomatoes, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add onion paste, chicken, 1 cup water, mint leaves and coriander (cilantro) leaves. Season with salt. Stir.
- Cover and bring to the boil. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Add more water if necessary.
- Scatter with more coriander (cilantro) leaves. Serve with your favorite paratha or cooked rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 625kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 63g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 30g | Cholesterol: 235mg | Sodium: 130mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g