
Here’s a delicious and easy chicken curry recipe that’s made with classic Indian spices such as: turmeric, red chili, and coriander powder.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Servings: 6-8
- Prep Time: ~10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55-65 minutes
- Total Time: ~75 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken – washed and cut up into small pieces
- 1 large onion – sliced up
- 5-6 garlic cloves
- 1.5 inch of ginger
- 1 cup of corn oil
- ¼ cup of water
- ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder
- ½ tablespoon of red chili powder
- 2 tablespoons of coriander powder
- ¼ teaspoon of black pepper
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- Water
- 1/4 cup of water for blender
- 1 ¼ cup of water for curry sauce
- ½ bunch of cilantro (optional)
Cooking Instructions:
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- Slice the onion.
- Add onion and corn oil to frying pan. Fry for about 5-8 minutes on high heat until the onions become soft.
- Filter out corn oil from onions and add onions to a blender. Add garlic cloves and ginger. Liquefy.
- Add chicken to the frying pan. Fry for about 2-5 minutes until it turns a whitish color.
- Add the blended onions and garlic cloves first.
- Add the following: turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, black pepper, and salt.
- Cook on low heat for 10 minutes to avoid burning spices. Stir occasionally.
- Turn up heat one to two notches depending on your stove in order to evaporate excess water from the chicken. Cook for about 35-40 minutes. Stir occasionally. The chicken should start to separate from the bones by the end of this step.
- Once water evaporates, fats and oil should rise to the top. Add 1 ¼ cups of water for the curry sauce. You can add more or less as per your taste.
- Cook for another 3-5 minutes on medium heat with the lid on until the water boils.
- Top off with cilantro. Serve with Indian bread.
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