The Zangy Pepper Chicken
A result of my successful and delicious chicken experiments.
This post comes after a week. Has been a long tough week for me! Food is a balm to a craving soul after all, isn't it ☺ ? This chicken dish is special to me as it is one of my own creations. Hope you enjoy it as much I did.
It is a personal recipe perfected after different versions by my mom and me. Its easy, quick and yummy. This recipe unfortunately does not have any videos, but assuming its really simple it should be comprehensible anyways. Here’s the recipe.
Ingredients
Marination
Chicken — 1 kg (without skin)
Curd — 1 big cup roughly 5 tbsps
Garam Masala Powder — 2 tsps
Salt — 2 tsps
Ginger-garlic paste — 2 tbsps
Pepper powder — 1 tsp
Curry
Black pepper — 2 tbsp (roughly crushed)
Cashew — Made into a paste that measures 4 tbsps ( 1 medium sized cup)
Fresh Coriander leaves — 1 full bunch finely chopped
Oil — 3 tbsps
Preparation
- Wash the chicken and marinate it with curd, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala powder, salt and pepper powder in quantities as mentioned in the marination ingredients section above.
2. Let the marination stay for at-least 15 minutes.
3. Roughly crush whole black pepper so that it does not turn into powder completely. It should look something like this.
4. Heat oil in a pan. Once heated add the half crushed pepper to the pan and let it crackle.
5. Once crackled add the marinated chicken to the pan and mix thoroughly.
6. Lower the flame a bit, cover the pan and keep stirring the chicken at regular intervals.
7. The chicken leaves a lot of water. Keep the pan on the flame till almost all the water evaporates
8. When the water in the pan reduces, poke the chicken pieces with a knife to see if it is cooked through properly. If not, cover the pan and cook for some more time.
9. Once cooked add the cashew paste into the pan and mix it thoroughly with the chicken. It turns into a rich thick gravy. Add some water if needed.
10. Add sufficient quantity of chopped coriander leaves into the mixture. Mix well.
11. Let it simmer for another 5 minutes.
12. Remove the pan from the flame. Garnish with more fresh coriander and serve hot.
Let me know how the recipe worked out for you ☺
