Green Chilli Chicken Fry

Name: Green Chilli Chicken Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken Thigh (500 grams Chicken cut into medium size pieces); 18 pieces Green Chili (18 Green Chillies adjust as per spice preference); 7 cloves Garlic (7 cloves Garlic); 2 pieces Ginger (2 inch Ginger); 2 tbsp Coriander Seed (2 tablespoon Coriander (Dhania) Leaves); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onions); 3 pieces Tomato (3 Tomatoes); 4 pieces Cloves (4 Cloves (Laung)); 1 piece Cinnamon Stick (1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)); 1 tbsp Ground coriander (1 tablespoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 0 pieces Water (Water as required); ½ piece Lemon (1/2 Lemon); 2 tsp Vegetable Oil (2 teaspoon Oil)

A spicy Indian chicken fry cooked with a green chili paste, tomatoes, and whole spices, finished with fresh coriander and lemon juice.

40 minIndian

Servings4

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1Wash chicken pieces well and pat dry them.
2Add 1 teaspoon salt and juice of half lemon into the chicken pieces, mix well. Cover and marinate for at least 30 minutes in fridge.
3Meanwhile, grind together the green chilies, ginger pieces, garlic cloves, coriander leaves, onions into a paste in a mixer grinder.
4Add the tomatoes in a mixer grinder with a little water and puree them. Keep it aside.
5Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Once the oil is hot, add cloves, cinnamon stick to hot oil. Add the green chilli paste and saute until raw smell is gone. This will take about 2 minutes.
6After 2 minutes, add the marinated chicken pieces and cook until the colour of the chicken changes.
7Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the sides of the pan.
8Add coriander powder, salt to taste and cook for about 5 minutes.
9After 5 minutes, add 1/2 to 1 cup water and cook the chicken covered. Once chicken is fully cooked, remove from pan.
10Serve Green Chilli Chicken Fry as a starter in your house parties or serve them as a side dish along with Dal Fry and Steamed Rice with a dollop of ghee for your weekday meal.