A recipe for those days when you want to cook chicken but don't have the time for something elaborate. A recipe passed on to me by my husband from his bachelor days. It is a simple and quick recipe and tastes really good with both rice and roti. You can also try it with bread. Ingredients:
- 500 g chicken
- 2 bay leaves
- 1" cinnamon
- 4 cloves
- 4 large onions
- 2 tomatoes
- 200 g curd
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 4 tbsp oil
- salt to taste
Method:
- Grind 2 onions, cut the other two into thin slices and finely chop the tomatoes
- Marinade the chicken with curd, ground onion paste, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp oil and salt and keep aside for half an hour
- Heat the remaining oil in a kadhai, add the bay leaves, cinnamon and cloves
- Then add the sliced onion and fry till it is golden brown. Keep aside one third of the fried onion for garnishing
- Add just the marinaded chicken pieces to the fried onions and continue to fry for 5 minutes
- Then reduce heat, add the left over marinade to the kadhai, cover and cook till the chicken pieces are almost done
- Add the finely chopped tomatoes and cook till the chicken pieces are done
- Garnish with the fried onions and serve
