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Good old ‘chicken curry’…..goes well with rice or bread. My family loves it because it tastes so good and I love it because it is so easy to make!!
Ingredients:
Chicken – 2 lbs, thighs and legs (cleaned, skinned and halved)
Oil – 2 tbsp
Onions – 2 medium, sliced
Tomatoes – 3 medium, chopped
Cinnamon – 1” stick
Black Cardamom – 1
Peppercorns – 4, whole
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Garlic – ½ tbsp, finely chopped
Ginger – ½ tsp, grated
Garam Masala – 1 tsp
Chili Powder – to taste
Salt – to taste
Yogurt – ½ cup, well beaten
Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
Cilantro- 5 sprigs, finely chopped for garnishing
Green Chili – 1, finely chopped for garnishing
Method:
- In a medium non-stick wok, heat Oil on medium to high flame.
- Add Cumin seeds and allow them to splutter
- Then we add Whole Spices i.e. Cinnamon, Cardamom, Peppercorn and cook for 1 minute.
- Add in Onions and allow them to cook and become translucent and then, Ginger and Garlic is next – mix.
- Once the onions are golden brown, add in the tomatoes and mix well.
- Now add your powdered spices - Garam Masala, Red Chili Powder and Salt. Reduce flame to medium and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add cleaned Chicken, mix well cook for 6-7 minutes.
- Add yogurt and mix it gently into the chicken.
- Reduce heat a little, cover the wok with tight lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- Check on the Chicken and stir once in-between to make sure it is not burning at the bottom.
- Remove Chicken from heat and add Lemon Juice. Give it a final mix and serve with Cilantro and Green Chili as garnishing.
- Serves 4-6.
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March 11th, 2008 at 5:50 am
I’ve always made curry with ready mixes. It’d be an experience to try this.
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April 10th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
dear maam
it was a lovely experience as i saw your
chicken curry video on you tube. it seemed
delicious making my mouth water.it looked
beautuiful when it was fully ready in the
end. i would love to make it.thank you.
yours faithfully
samreen zaidi
NOIDA
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May 18th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hi,
I’ve seen many of your recipes and have tried them too……The recipes are presented in a very easy way…..and also looks mouth watering…
And yaa in the above recipe you have forgotten to mention about the onions,mean when one should add them……but anyways the recipe is very good….
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May 19th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Oops, Sorry and thanks for bringing it to our attention. Have fixed it now.
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May 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Interesting, So you do not add any water for the gravy at all?
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May 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Hi Karishma:
The yogurt creates the gravy for this dish.
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May 28th, 2008 at 5:02 am
Ok so I tried this recipe.. came out well except the onions and tomatoes were visible in the gravy unlike in most curries where the tomatoes and onions totally disappear and the gravy is smooth.. is that how its supposed to be?
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May 28th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Yes, you are supposed to be able to see the onions…this is ‘Balti-style’ of chicken curry and has an awesome flavor. If you want to try the other type of Chicken Curry, here is the link:
http://www.showmethecurry.com/2008/04/21/spicy-chicken-curry/
Both the recipes are good but different. Enjoy!
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June 5th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Hi
The spicy chicken curry looks good. But I live in a place where there are no indian groceries. Does regular supermarkets carry these ingredients.
Also, if I was to use curry powder will that work for the spicy chicken curry recipe.
thanks
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June 5th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Hi Dinah,
Some of the whole spices can be found at a regular grocery store, but some spice powders are not. There are many online Indian grocery stores you may want to look into. You can use curry powder – it is a basically a blend of many different spices. The taste will be a little different.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hi my name is annie.. i really wants thanks you guys on this wounderful foods.. you bring a smile on my face
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September 14th, 2008 at 5:26 am
I have made the chicken curry. It is the best!!
Well done and thank you.
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September 20th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Hi Anuja & Hetal,
I just found this website and absolutely love your videos…it’s like bringing a cook book to life since you are showing us all the techniques that may seem so unclear in just reading a recipe!!
I noticed in your chicken curry recipes you don’t marinade the chicken before hand (like with salt and haldi as i had been taught from my grandmother)..will that take away from the taste of the curry?
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October 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
can v had veingar 2 it!! so tht d chicken cook fast!!
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October 24th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Hi Shamli,
We have heard that a lot of people add vinegar to cook the chicken faster but have not personally tried it. The chicken does have a lemon juice added on at the end so if you do use vinegar, you might want to omit the lemon juice or atleast give it a taste-test before you add it in.
Let us know if it works for you!
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October 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
i tried this and it came out beautiful, thanks, im learning so much about cooking from you wonderful ladies
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November 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Hi Shamli,
I’ve tried many a recipe from you two and it has come out near perfect!!!! I am definitely new at cooking Indian food and your website has really made me feel comfortable to cook for my indian friends!!!
Thanks again!
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January 14th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for posting the instructions — I just made a batch and it came out excellent! I’ve previously used pre-mixed spice blends but enjoyed the heavier cardamom flavor in this version.
I guessed at ground spice equivalents for the cinnamon, cumin, cardamom and used dried ginger powder as I didn’t have any of the whole spices on hand. It still came out beautifully.
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May 6th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Hi,
Plse plse add a recipe for Maachar Jhol, shrimp curry or desi egg fried rice if you can…Thanks..
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August 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I cooked your chicken curry last night (8-18-09). It was easy, presented very well with Basmati rice and was delicious. Seeing the video and comparing to your printed recipe made this curry the easiest yet most authentic.
Thank you
-Tim
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
You guys rock! Everything i’ve tried to cook from your site has been heaven! keep up the good work
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November 16th, 2009 at 12:30 am
I am learning to cook all over again with new techniques. Thanks.
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