Chicken Curry

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Submitted: November 16, 2013
Recipe In : Chicken
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Total Time:
Preparation Time: 10-15 mins
Cooking Time: 15-20 mins
Servings: 4 | 100 kcal

Chicken curry, mild spicy chicken gravy wherein chicken is marinated and then cooked and flavoured with curry leaves, cashew nut paste used gives it a rich creamy base.

Required ingredients

  • 1/2 kg chicken – cut into small pieces

For marinating

  • ½ cup beaten yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  • Salt

For the gravy

  •  1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 7-8 garlic flakes finely chopped
  • 9- 10 curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp tomato sauce
  • Roasted and powdered – ( 1 tsp each cumin seeds and coriander seeds, 1/2 tsp black pepper corns and 3-4 dry red chilies)
  • 4 tbsp cashew nut paste
  • 5 tbsp oil
  • Salt to taste

Directions & How to

  • In a bowl mix all ingredients for marinating and marinate chicken for 3-4 hours.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, when it starts to splutter add curry leaves, chopped garlic, and green chillies and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add cashew nut paste, sauté it for a minute. Add tomato puree, tomato sauce, powdered spices, salt and cook it for 2 minutes. Add marinated chicken and sauté it for 2-3 minutes. Add around ½ cup of water and cook it for 6-8 minutes or till done.
  • Serve hot.

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