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Dhaniya Chicken Recipe

Easy Chicken curry with Coriander paste
Course Chicken
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 People
Calories
Author Rituparna Chakraborty

Ingredients

  • Chicken: 1 Kg Medium pieces
  • Sour curd: 4 Tbsp.
  • Onion: Big 2 or Medium 3
  • Ginger: 2 inches long without skin
  • Garlic: 8 to 10 cloves
  • Green Chilies: 2 or 3 depends upon how hot you can eat
  • Coriander leaves: 1 Bunch well Cleaned
  • Cumin Powder: 2 Tsp.
  • Coriander Powder: 2 Tsp.
  • Kashmiri Red Chili Powder: 2 Tsp. This is mainly for the color, you can add other chili powder if you want
  • Garam Masala Powder: 2 Tsp.
  • Mustard oil for cooking: 3:4 Tbsp.
  • Butter: 1 Tbsp.
  • Sugar Optional: 2 Tsp.
  • Salt: as per taste

Instructions

  • Make a paste of onions, ginger, garlic, coriander leaves and green chilies together in a mixer Grinder. The mouthwatering smell will come from the paste.
  • Take a big bowl and mix Sour card, the paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, ‘Mirchi’ powder and garam masala powder. Add some salt and mix it well.
  • Then marinate the chicken in this batter. Add one tablespoon of mustard oil in this marinate and mix everything well.
  • Keep the marinated chicken at least 2 hours. It tasted even better if it is rested 4-5 hours. You can keep it in the refrigerator.
  • Take a kadhai or a nonstick pan, pour in some mustard oil.
  • Add a little water to the bowl where you marinated the chicken and carefully mix the residual marination with the water and add the water to the chicken.
  • Use your spatula one or two times to mix it well. Add a lid to the kadhai or pan, and then set the oven to a medium-low flame and forget all about the cooking
  • You can come to watch the cooking if you feel so.
  • After 15-20 minutes the chicken will be well cooked. You can see it then, and use your spatula if you want to cook it a bit on low fire.
  • Taste it and add a little more salt if needed.
  • If you want to add some sugar now is the time.
  • Before taking it off the oven, add one tablespoon of butter in it and mix it.
  • It will bring a nice shining to the recipe. Now the Dhaniya Chicken is ready to serve.

Notes

Serve it hot with Nan, Paratha or pooris. It tastes good With the roti also.
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