Kadai Chicken

For the marinade

Ingredients

Chicken – 1 kg
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Ginger – garlic paste – 1 ½ tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 4 tbsp (for frying)

To grind

Ingredients

Tomato – 2
Green chili – 2
Crushed ginger garlic – 2 tsp
Red chili powder – ½ tsp
Cardamom – 2
Cloves – 2

Other ingredients

Ingredients

Onion – 2, big (sliced)
Green chili – 1 (chopped)
Ginger – 1 tsp
Red chili powder – 1 ½ tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Kasoori methi – ½ tsp
Fresh cream – ½ cup
Coriander leaves – 2 tsp
Water – 1 ½ cup
Salt – to taste

 Oil – 2 tsp

To marinate Method

Marinate the chicken pieces with the remaining ingredients. Refrigerate it for about half an hour. Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces till golden brown. Remove the chicken pieces from the pan and keep it aside.

To grind Method

Grind the above ingredients to a fine paste. Keep it ready.

  Final Method

Add 2 oil to the same pan in which the chicken is fried, add sliced onion, green chili and ginger and salt and saute till soft. To this add red chili powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder and kasoori methi and saute till raw smell disappear. Add the ground tomato mix and 1½ cup water to this and bring to boil.
Add the fried chicken to this and cook this for about 10 – 12 minutes on low flame. When it becomes thick, add fresh cream and coriander leaves to it and combine well. Remove from flame and serve hot with kulcha or with any roti.