Persian Chicken Curry Recipe

Cookery Magazine
4 min readDec 24, 2023

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Persian Chicken Curry, Originating in the Indian subcontinent and has traveled around the world over the years and there are few countries where curry is not a part of its local cuisine.

The original recipe of curry stew (khoresht kari) originally goes back to India, but this delicious dish is considered an international dish that many people around the world have tasted.

If you are thinking about what to cook with chicken or what to cook for lunch and dinner, we suggest you stay with Cookery Magazine until the end of this article.

Of course, this food has different types and is made in different ways, all of which are tasty and delicious.

For example, you can learn how to prepare Indian curry stew with butter or make this dish with chicken and yogurt.

Even the recipe for curry stew with chicken, mushrooms and cream is one of the most popular recipes that we recommend to you.

Persian chicken curry

Ingredients for making Persian Chicken Curry

Chicken breast, 400 grams (2 pcs)
Garlic, 4 cloves
Caraway, 1 tablespoon
Cream, 1 cup
Clove, 1 tablespoon
Yogurt, 1 cup
Curry powder, 4–6 teaspoon
Onions, 2 pcs
Tomato paste, 2 tablespoons
Parsley, 2 tablespoons
Liquid oil, As much as needed
Salt, pepper, turmeric, As much as needed

Recipe for making Persian Chicken Curry

The first step

At the beginning, to start the work, we prepare the cream sauce and yogurt, and for this purpose, we pour 30 grams of butter into a pan and put the pan on the gas until the butter melts (if you want, you can use liquid oil instead of butter).

Then we wash 1 onion with water, remove its skin with a knife, cut it into wedges, and fry the onion in butter (or liquid oil) until it becomes light.

Then we peel 4 cloves of garlic and crush them with a garlic chopper (or grate it with a fine grater) and add them to the onion’s pan and fry them in hot oil until the smell of garlic fills the air.

Then we add 1 tablespoon of Caraway, enough salt, pepper, and turmeric, 1 teaspoon of ginger, and 1 teaspoon of clove powder to the pan and fry the spices in the pan with hot onion and garlic for about 2 minutes.

The second step of preparing Persian Chicken Curry

Then, in this step, add 1 cup of cream and 1 glass of yogurt to the ingredients of the first step in the pan and mix, and stir the ingredients in the pan for about 10 minutes on a gas flame until our sauce thickens. Now our stew sauce is ready.

The third step of preparing Persian curry

Then, at this stage, we peel another onion and chop it very finely with a knife.

Fried onion in Persian chicken curry

Pour liquid oil into a pan and put the pan on the gas flame and turn on the gas and when the oil is hot, fry the onions in the oil until it becomes light and golden.

The fourth step of preparing

Then, at this stage, we wash 400 grams of chicken breast with water (if you want, instead of chopping the chicken breast, you can use any part of the chicken, such as thighs or upper thighs or a combination of them, this is a matter of taste) And on the cutting board, with a knife or a cleaver, roughly the size of a Joojeh kabab, we chop the chicken breast and remove the bones.

Then we fry the chopped chicken breast in oil and in a hot onion pan, and then add salt, pepper, curry powder and tomato paste to the chicken and stir. We fry the chicken until its color changes.

The last & fifth step in preparing persian chicken curry

Then, at this stage, when the chicken is cooked and changes its color, we add it to the pan containing the stew ingredients (yogurt sauce, cream, etc.) and place the pan containing the stew ingredients on the gas flame for about half an hour, Our Persian Curry stew should be mixed and the flavors will merge with the chicken.

When the stew thickens, now our Persian Curry is ready, put Persian Curry in a suitable and deep dish and serve it with rice for lunch along with vegetables and Shirazi salad. or served with bread for dinner. Enjoy your meal.

Khoresht kari | Persian chicken curry

Conclusion

Thank you for being with us with this delicious and popular food. If you have any questions, it’s my honor to answer. Enjoy your exploration of Persian cuisine!

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