A Beginner's Guide to Making Indian Chicken Curry at Home
A delicious Indian Chicken Curry Recipe that you can easily make at home. It's loaded with flavours and gets ready in minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Chicken - 1 Kg on the bone
- 3 medium Onions sliced
- Whole spices bay leaves, Cinnamon stick, Cardamom -3, Cloves -3, Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- ½ tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 to 4 tbsp Oil/Ghee
For the Curry Paste
- 1 cup Coriander leaves
- ½ cup Mint leaves
- 6 to 7 Green Chillies adjust to suit your taste
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 pod Garlic about 7 to 8 cloves
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 to 3 tbsp Grated coconut
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Water as needed for the gravy
Instructions
- In a kadai, heat oil and add sliced onions and sauté until deep golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan add the curry paste and sauté for a few minutes until the oil separates from the paste.
- Now add the chicken pieces, whole spices such as cinnamon stick, cloves 2 -3, peppercorns -1/2 tsp and cardamoms -3. Add salt to taste, turmeric powder,red chilli powder and mix well.
- Cover the kadai and add 1 cup of water on the cover. After 5 minutes pour the hot water from the cover into the kadai. Also, rinse the mixer jar in which you made the curry paste and add it to the chicken.
- Cover the pan and let the curry simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
- Add the fried onions and simmer on low heat for another 5 minutes.
- Finally add garam masala powder and turn off the heat.
Notes
- Adjust green chillies and red chilli powder to suit your taste.
- Fry the chicken in the masala paste to bring out the flavours
- Simmer the gravy until the chicken is well-cooked.
- Add water as needed to make the required gravy