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kadai chicken

Kadai Chicken Gravy

Kadai Chicken is a delicious Indian chicken curry with spicy and smokey flavour. An easy to prepare chicken dish is cooked with freshly ground spices for a special flavour. This restaurant-style spicy karahi chicken goes well with naan or any other Indian bread.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course curry, Main Course
Cuisine Indian, indian cuisine
Servings 4
Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients
  

To Marinate

  • 400 grams Chicken Curry Cut

To Roast and Grind

  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • 2 teaspoon Black Peppercorns
  • 3 Dry Red Chillies

For the Gravy

  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger for puree
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic for puree
  • 3 tomatoes for puree
  • 2 Green Chilli Slit into half
  • 1 Salt
  • 1 Capsicum Cubed
  • Onion Cubed and separated
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 1/4 cup Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Kasuri Methi

Instructions
 

  • On medium low heat, dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, black peppercorns, and dried red chilies until aromatic and browned.
  • To make a powder, cool the roasted spices and ground them.
  • In a pan, melt the ghee or heat oil.
  • Add cumin seeds and allow them to crackle.
  • Tip in chopped onions and fry them.
  • Fry the onion until light brown in colour.
  • Add slit green chilli.
  • Now add turmeric powder and mix.
  • Add freshly pureed ginger, garlic, tomato.
  • Cook on high heat for 5 minutes then add freshly ground kadai masala.
  • Add 2 tablespoons of water and cook the masala
  • Next add in chicken .
  • Cook chicken and masala for a few minutes.
  • To the pan add 1 cup of water and salt to taste.
  • Add fresh cream and mix the gravy nicely.
  • Reduce the heat to low and cook the chicken until it is almost done.
  • Cook for another 2-3 minutes after adding the capsicum, onion cubes, butter and freshly crushed kasuri methi.
  • Mix the gravy and serve immediately.

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Nutrition

Calories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 11gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 498mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 2093IUVitamin C: 57mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 2mg
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