Indian Kadai Chicken

Charishma_Ramchandani's Note:

From the Thursday magazine.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1 kg chicken , washed,cleaned and cut into big pieces
• 4 tablespoons oil
• ½ cup onion , sliced
• 1 ½ cups tomatoes , peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves , chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• 4 teaspoons garam masala powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 whole red chilies
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• salt

Directions:

1. Grind corriander seeds and whole red chillies into a coarse powder.
2. Heat oil in a kadai.
3. Add bay leaves.
4. After about 30 seconds, add onions and saute till they turn light golden brown.
5. Add ginger-garlic paste.
6. Saute for 2 minutes on medium flame.
7. Add the above coarse powder.
8. Stir well.
9. Add tomatoes and cook till they are fully cooked.
10. Add chicken pieces, salt to taste and red chilli powder.
11. Mix well.
12. Cover the kadai.
13. Cook till the chicken becomes tender.
14. Sprinkle garam masala powder over the chicken.
15. Garnish with corriander leaves and onion rings.
16. Serve hot with rotis or parathas.

Reviews

[AD #2]

dee-licious. I will admit that I was skeptical at first, because I'm so used to marinating the chicken first. Tasted even better the next day.

[Zanni]

As written I felt this curry was a bit strong flavored. It wasn't bad, just a little too much garam masala for our liking. Next time I'll decrease it to 2 tsp and perhaps add it earlier in the cooking so the flavors have time to calm a bit. I didn't have whole coriander seeds or red chilies, so I used 1 tsp coriander powder and 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes. It was a bit spicy, I'll decrease the pepper next time. I used boneless thighs, so it cooked very quickly. It was also very quick and easy to make.

[Chef rmshill]

I made this with shrimp instead of chicken. We thought it was great and my 4 yr old even liked it! Amazing! I didn't have red chilies so I left them out. I also used a can of diced tomatoes. Next time I will add peas in the mix as well. I