Chicken recipes

Chicken Dishes

Chicken in Yogurt:

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 Kg

Garlic Ginger Paste – 2 tbs

Paprika – 1 tbs

Olive oil – 1 tbs

Onion - 1

Lemon - 1

Salt to taste

Yogurt 2 or 3% 1 cup

Cardamom – 2

Cloves – 3

Cinnamon stick – 2” long

Ginger Garlic Paste

Grind 1 cup of peeled garlic, 1 cup of ginger (scraped and cut into cubs) and 6 green

chillies in apple cider vinegar (enough for the blender to work). Store it in a bottle in the

fridge and use it when necessary. It is good for months.  

Method:

• Skin the chicken. If it is a whole chicken skin and cut
• Put 1” cuts on the pieces, squeeze the lemon on it and set aside
• Cut and fry the onion in olive oil till it turns light brown
• Add cardamom, cinnamon and cloves and fry for another 2 minutes
• Put the chicken in the same pot and fry on medium heat for 5 minutes
• Add the 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, paprika and salt and let it cook for about 25 minutes stirring often on medium heat for 25 minutes or till the chicken is done
• Lower the heat to minimum and add three spoons of yogurt. Mix well, taste, add salt if needed. Continue to cook for 2 more minutes.
• Eat with Basmati rice or nan

  

Green Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 Kg

Potatoes – 2 medium

Coriander – 1 bunch

Onions – 2 large

Cinnamon – 1” long

Cardamoms – 2

Olive oil – 2 tbs

Cloves – 3

Green chillies – 4 (medium spicy)

Lemon juice of I lemon

Salt to taste

Method:

• Skin the chicken. If it is whole, skin and cut it into medium pieces. Put 1” cuts on each piece, mix the lemon juice and set aside
• Cut and fry the onions till golden brown and grind it with the coriander, chillies and 1 cardamom, 1 clove and half of the cinnamon stick.
•  Heat the oil and fry the remaining cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick for 2 minutes on medium heat. Mix the chicken, potatoes, salt and the ground spices and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Lower the heat add water ( ¼ or ½ cup) according to your desired consistency and cook for another 20 minutes. Add water only if necessary, taste and add salt if needed.
• Enjoy with Basmati rice or nan
• The same recipe can be used for goat meat. However, the goat meat needs to be cooked 25 minutes on medium heat and 30 minutes on low heat