Indian Chicken Curry: Easy Way
This easy chicken curry recipe is perfect for beginners so just follow the steps and treat yourself to a good meal.
Ingredients
- 1 kg country chicken bone-in and tender
- 2 tbsp fresh yogurt
- 5 large onions
- 2 tomatoes roughly diced
- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 4 tsp meat masala
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cardamoms
- 4 cloves
- 5-6 black pepper
- 2-3 dry red chillies
- 1 inch cinnamon
- roasted spices
- 3-4 tbsp mustard/olive oil
Instructions
Marination
- Add 1kg of washed and cleaned bone-in chicken to a large size bowl.
- Add-in 2 tbsp yogurt to the bowl and mix well.
- Now add-in spices - (2 tsp meat masala, ½ tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp ginger garlic paste) to it.
- Add mustard/olive oil for binding.
- Mix the marination well and keep aside the for 2-3 hours or refrigerate it for 5-6 hours.
Curry
- Heat the wok and add in whole spices to it. Stir the spices for a while until they are roasted and start releasing aroma. Remove the spices and keep aside.
- Now add 3 tbsp of mustard oil in the Kadhai/pan/wok. Once it’s smoking hot, add stir fried whole spices to it and saute for a minute.
- Add sliced onion and fry till they become translucent.
- Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add marinated chicken to the pan. Stir for 5-6 minutes after adding the marination.
- Add 2-3 slit green chillies to the wok. Mix well and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add spices (red chillies, coriander, kashmiri red chillies, mutton masala) to the pan and mix well.
- Once the oil starts separating, add chopped tomatoes to the wok and then salt to taste. Saute till tomatoes start releasing water and become tender and mushy.
- Add magical ingredient (crushed spices - coriander, dry red chillies and cumin seeds).
- Keep stirring the chicken for 2-3 minutes and then add water to it. Let it cook for 15-20 minutes on low flame.
- Once chicken is cooked properly, turn off the flame. Garnish the chicken curry with coriander leaves.
- Serve this delicious chicken curry with roti or plain steamed rice