Chicken Recipes

Coconut Chicken

Ingredients:

1 to 2 lb chicken, boneless

1 tb sour cream

1 small onion

Dessicated Coconut or Fresh coconut

2 Bay leaves

3 Tomatoes

Garlic powder

4 to 6 fresh garlic

2 tsp garam masala

1/4 turmeric powder

Chilli powder as needed

1/2 tsp sesame seeds

4 to 5 cloves

5 to 7 black pepper

Preparation Method:

1. Wash and marinate the chicken in sour-cream, garlic powder, garam masala, turmeric, chilli powder and salt and set this aside for 2 to 4 hours.

2. Cut the onion fine and fry it in oil till golden brown, keep it aside in the same oil fry the coconut till light brown put the fried onion and coconut in a blender along with Fresh garlic, cloves, bay leaves, pepper, sesame seeds and grind to a very fine paste.

3. Heat oil in a heavy bottom vessel and add the ground paste to it .Cook for 10 minutes add cut tomatoes and cook for another 3 minutes.

2. Add garam masala, turmeric and chiili. Fry the mixture well. Add chicken,salt and water. Cover tightly with lid let cook till the chicken is really tender. When done season with Corriander leaves.

1. Coriander Chicken

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken (boneless cut into 1'' cubes)

6-7 pods of garlic

2 bunches of Coriander leaves

6-7 green chillies

2 tbsp thick curd

4 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp of jeera

2 cardamom

2 cloves

1 small cinnamon piece

8-10 Cashew pieces

Salt to taste

Preparation Method:

1. Clean the chicken pieces, wash thoroughly and drain the water. Grind garlic pods, coriander leaves and green chillies to a fine paste. To the ground paste add curd and mix well, to make a thick marinade.

2. Marinate the chicken pieces in the marinade for 30-45 minutes.

3. In a pan add butter, when butter is hot add jeera, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and the cashew pieces and fry well. Add the marinated chicken and fry for sometime.

4. Add 1/4th cup of water and salt to taste. Cover pan with lid. Cook on slow-medium fire till chicken is

well done and the gravy becomes thick.

5. Garnish with boiled eggs cut length-wise.

Serve hot with roti or rice.

2. Curd Chicken

Ingredients:

1 Kilo Chicken, cut into medium sized pieces

5-6 tbsp curd

Coarsely ground pepper (1-2 tsp as per taste)

Salt to taste

Oil

Preparation Method:

1. Clean the chicken.

2. Put oil in a pan.

3. Take the chicken pieces and gently put in the oil so that it turns a light brown on both sides.

4. Add the curd. Add the coarsely ground pepper and the salt.

3. Cover and allow to cook for half an hr. first on high heat and then on simmer till fully cooked.

3. Curd Ginger Chicken

Ingredients:

1 lb boneless chicken

1 cup plain yogurt

1 small root of ginger

1 tbsp of tomato puree

1 tbsp of vegetable oil

Salt and black pepper

Preparation Method:

1. Peel the ginger root and cut it in small pieces. Fry ginger in vegetable oil. 2. Mix rest of ingredients once ginger is golden brown.

3. Cover the pan and let chicken cook until it is tender. Keep stirring in between.

Serve hot with fresh cut parsley on it.