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Chicken gravy

Homestyle chicken gravy is so special to me as it takes less time to cook with basic ingredients available in our kitchen pantry. First the chicken pieces are well cleaned and marinated with turmeric powder and let it rest for about 18-20 minutes. Then add it to a onion, tomato, fennel seeds, ginger-garlic flavored masala and saute till oil oozes out. Now, add the chilli powder and salt. Cook further by adding enough water and finally add garam masala, cumin & pepper powder. Tada! mouth watering yummy chicken gravy is ready. Ingredients 1/2 kg chicken / 1 pound chicken with bones 2 tsp madras curry powder or 1 tsp red chilli powder plus 1 tsp coriander powder 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder plus 1/2 tsp turmeric powder for marinade Salt to taste 2 tbsp cooking oil, you can use vegetable oil or olive oil or sesame oil 1 tsp fennel seeds 7-8 shallots or 2 medium sized onions, finely chopped 2 medium sized tomatoes, finely chopped 1 tsp ginger gar...

Pepper Chicken

Pepper Chicken is a simple dish that is made very quickly without any prior marination and all. Let's see the ingredients at a glance: Ingredients: 1 pound chicken 1 medium sized onion 1 bay leaf 1 tsp snauf 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp coriander powder 2 tsp pepper powder Steps: 1. Heat oil in a pan. Add snauf seeds and bay leaf. In a minute, add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes. 2. Add chopped onions and saute until it turns light brown. 3. Now add the chicken pieces to it. Add turmeric powder and salt. Mix it well. 4. Add a little water to the pan and close it with a lid. Let it cook for 15-18 minutes on low to medium flame. 5. Check and stir in between so that it doesn't get stuck to the bottom of the pan. 6. The chicken is now almost cooked. Throw in the coriander powder and pepper powder. 7. Mix it well so that chicken gets coated ...

Chicken Stir Fry

Chicken stir fry is a way of marinating chicken with Indian masala for an hour or overnight depending on the time available for us. This dish can go well with roti  or biriyani. Let's take a quick look at the things we need. Ingredients: 1 pound chicken 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp garam masala powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp curd 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves Tempering: 2 tsp oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp grated pepper corns Steps: 1. Clean the chicken very well by adding little turmeric powder. This helps reduce the raw smell of the chicken. 2. Add all the ingredients mentioned above except coriander leaves. Mix them well and set it aside for at least 15 minutes. The marination time may vary upto overnight depending on the time you have. 3. In a pan, add oil. when the oil warms up, add cumin seeds and pepper. when the cumin seeds start to sputter add the marinated chicken on medium flame. 4. Keep stirring at cons...