Garlic Chicken Indian Style Recipe - How To Make Garlic Chicken

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Garlic chicken as the name suggests, garlic plays a very immense and considerable role in this recipe.This recipe does not include a big list of ingredients instead it would just require a few of them.

The chicken is marinated in curd and a paste of lots of garlic, a little ginger and some chillies. This marinated chicken is then cooked in the sauted onions until tender. For me it took exact 20 minutes, however, it should be done until cooked.

So lets begin with the recipe

Ingredients:

½ kg Chicken (skinless and medium pieces)

2 medium Onions (thinly sliced)

20 cloves Garlic

1 inch Ginger

3 Green Chillies

½ cup Curd

½ tsp Turmeric powder

½ tsp Coriander powder

¼ tsp Red Chilli powder

Salt

Method:

Grind 15 cloves of garlic, 1 inch ginger and 3 green chillies to a coarse paste.

garlic, ginger, green chillies

grind to coarse paste

In a bowl, take cleaned ½ kg chicken pieces, add ½ cup curd, garlic-ginger-chilli paste and mix well. All the pieces should be well coated.

chicken, curd, garlic paste, salt

mix well

coat all the pieces

Marinate for at least 2 hours.

marinate for 2 hours

In a pan heat 3 tbsp oil. Add in 5 cloves of garlic.

heat oil and add garlic

Fry on low heat till they become light brown in color.

turns brown

Then add in the thinly sliced onions and sauté them till brown.

saute till brown

At this moment add the marinated chicken, salt and turmeric powder. 

chicken, turmeric, salt

Stir fry on high heat till the chicken becomes white in color.

chicken changes color

Reduce the heat to low and let it cook for about 20 minutes or until cooked. Stir occasionally.

The water would be absorbed and chicken would be dry.

water absorbed

Put in the coriander powder and red chilli powder and stir fry for a minute on medium heat.

coriander powder, red chilli powder

stir fry 1 min

Turn of the heat. The tender and juicy garlic chicken is ready to be served.

ready to serve

If you like, you could garnish it with some coriander leaves. I didn’t like to interfere the beautiful aromatic flavor of  this garlic chicken with any other essence, so, I kept it simple.

Garlic Chicken Indian Style

This tender and succulent garlic chicken could be served with any Indian bread of your choice or even rice.

Tips:

Do not add more flavors and spices, keep it simple.

It’s a dry dish, however, water can be added to make gravy.

The time of cooking may vary on the intensity of the heat and the thickness of the pan used. So keep on checking at regular intervals.

Do try this food-a-licious garlic chicken recipe and share your experience with us via comments

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Kashmiri Chicken Curry - A Typical Kashmiri Recipe

Kashmiri Chicken Curry - A Typical Kashmiri Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

MARINATION:

1 kg Chicken (medium sized pieces)

2 tsp White Vinegar

1/2 tsp Ginger Paste

1/2 tsp Garlic Paste

1 tsp Salt

Mix all the above ingredients and marinate the chicken pieces in it for half an hour.

PASTE:

1 tsp Mustard Seeds

1 tsp Shahjeera

2 tsp Fennel Seeds (saunf)

2 Cinnamon 2 inches (dalchini)

3 to 4 Cardamoms (green elaichi)

4 to 5 Black Pepper (kali mirch)

3 to 4 Cloves (lavang)

1/3 cup Cashewnuts (kaju)

6 to 8 Kashmiri Red Chillies OR 2 tbsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder

1 tbsp Poppy Seeds (khus khus)

Soak all the ingredients in 1/4 cup of water for one hour and then grind to paste.

GRAVY:

1/2 tsp Ginger Paste

1/2 tsp Garlic Paste

2 Big Tomatoes (grated)

2 cup Onions (grated)

1/4 cup Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)

1/4 tsp Turmeric

1 tsp Lemon Juice

2 to 3 Bay Leaves (tej patta)

2 Big Black Cardamons (badi elaichi)

1 1/4 tsp Salt

1 cup Oil

Mix 2 pinches Saffron in 1/4 cup warm Milk and keep it for 15 to 20 mins.

METHOD:

Heat oil in a wok(kadai) and heat it thoroughly. Deep fry the chicken pieces just for 2 minutes.

Then in another pan take 3 tbsp oil and heat it. Add badi elaichi, tej patta, onions, ginger garlic paste and stir fry till the onions changes to golden in color. 

Then add the tomatoes and cook them for about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the paste of masalas and kaju in it and continue stir fry for another 2 mins.

Then add turmeric powder, salt and the marinated chicken pieces and mix well.

Add a cup of hot water to it and then give it a boil.

Lower the flame and cover it with the lid.

Let it simmer for 15 mins or till the chicken pieces get cooked.

After 15 mins, add the milk with saffron and mix it well.

Turn off the gas and remove the kadai from the gas.

Add the lemon juice and mix well.

Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

Kashmiri Chicken Curry - A Typical Kashmiri Recipe

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