SPICY CHICKEN CURRY RICE

SPICY CHICKEN CURRY RICE
INGREDIENTS
¾ kg chicken
1 onion finely chopped
¼ cup tomato puree
6-8 garlic flakes finely chopped
6-8 green chilies finely chopped
1”x4-5 piece ginger finely chopped
6-8 whole red chilies, 6-8 green chilly
6-8 garlic flakes, 1 tsp dhania powder
1 tsp dengi (kashmiri) mirch
2 tbsp lemon juice, ½ cup curd
1 tsp black pepper, 2-3 bay leaves
½ cup cooking oil/desi ghee
Salt to taste
PREPARATION
Marinate the chicken for 45 minutes with curd, lemon juice, black pepper and salt.
Make smooth paste of all the ingredients except onion and tomato puree, half of the garlic flakes and dengi mirch, keep the paste aside.
METHOD
1 Heat the cooking oil or ghee in a pan, add bay leaves and chopped garlic, let it splutter, Now add onion and cook for a while till it is tender add the paste, cook on slow flame till the masala is done.
2 Add marinated chicken, cook till the color of the chicken has changed, add tomato puree, dengi mirch and cook till the chicken have been done and the gravy is of desired consistency. It is recommended to keep the gravy not too thick as the recipes served with plain rice gives a wonderful taste.
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Lalit Niranjan
21/09/2009