Punjab

Dahi chicken

Name: Dahi chicken
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients: 750 g curry cut chicken chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 1 cup whisked curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 bay leaf 4 cloves, 2 cardamom, cinnamon whole spices; 2 large sliced onion; 1 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2 slit green chilli; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 2 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp garam masala; 2 tsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves); 1 tsp besan (chickpea flour, gram flour); Salt, to taste; Coriander leaves (cilantro), to finish

Chicken simmered in spiced curd until tangy and tender. The curry that tastes like a Sunday at home.

50 minTime

40 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Dahi chicken.

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Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)750 g curry cut chicken

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1 cup, whisked

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Whole spices1 bay leaf, 4 cloves, 2 cardamom, cinnamon

Onion2 large, sliced

Ginger garlic paste1½ tbsp

Green chilli2, slit

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1½ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp

Garam masala1 tsp

Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)2 tsp

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Coriander leaves (cilantro)to finish

Method

5 steps

1Marinate the chicken with half the curd, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chilli powder and salt for 30 minutes.
2Heat the oil, add the whole spices and fry the onion until deep golden.
3Add the chicken with its marinade and cook on high, stirring, until it changes colour and the masala thickens.
4Whisk the remaining curd with besan and coriander powder, lower the heat and stir it in. Add green chillies and a little water, cover and simmer until the chicken is tender and cooked through, with no pink at the bone.
5Finish with garam masala, crushed kasuri methi and coriander.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a kadai or bowl with phulkas or jeera rice, sliced onions and a wedge of lemon.

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