Kadai chicken

l Kadai chicken

Serves: 04

Preparation Time: 60 Minutes

Level: Moderate

Kadai chicken

Ingredients:

For spice masala powder:

• Cumin - 2 teaspoon
• Fennel - 2 teaspoon
• Coriander seed - 1 teaspoon
• Red chili - 2 no.
• Cinnamon - 1/2" sized

For marination

• Chicken - 1 Kg
• Salt - to taste
• Chili powder - 2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder - 3 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder . 2 teaspoon

For cooking

• Refined oil 4 - tablespoon
• Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tablespoon
• Onion - 2 medium sized
• Tomato - 2 medium sized
• Capsicum - 1 no.
• Green chili - 2 no.

Preparation:

• Marinate chicken (at least before 30 minutes before cooking)
• Make ginger-garlic paste
• Chop one onion and one tomato
• Cut another onion, tomato (de-seed), capsicum into cubes
• Cut green chili diagonally 
• Dry roast (without oil) the spices in a kadai and powder them roughly (to a coarse texture)

Cooking:

• Heat oil in a thick bottom pan over high flame,
• Stir fry onion (cubes) until the sides turns dark brown,
• Add capsicum and stir fry
• Add tomatoes (cubes) and stir fry
• Remove them and set aside
• In the same pan, add little more oil and heat
• Temper the spices powder (spare some powder for garnish)
• Add ginger-garlic paste and fry a little
• Add onion and saute them until they turn brown
• Add tomatoes and cook them until the oil start to accumulate to the top
• Add marinate chicken and cook them until it is tender (sprinkle water occasionally only if required)
• Add stir fried onion-tomato-capsicum, mix and remove from fire
• Sprinkle remaining spice powder on top

Notes:

• The recipe by default will be almost a semi-gravy (with little curry)
• If u wish to have more curry, add 1/4 cup of water after the chicken is half done, allow it to boil once and cook over slow fire until chicken is tender