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Madurai pepper chicken masala

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 3 dry red chilly
  • few curry leaves
  • 1 onion thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 500 gram chicken
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2 tsp pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Method
 

  1. Firstly, heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add 1 tsp fennel seeds, 3 dry red chilly, and a few curry leaves
  2. Secondly, add chopped onion and a little bit of salt, saute well, till the onion becomes soft and glossy, and then add ginger garlic paste, and saute
  3. Thirdly, add 500-gram washed chicken, saute well for 10 minutes in medium flame
  4. Next, add 2 tsp of coriander powder and 1/2 tsp of turmeric podwer, and mix.
  5. Then add chopped tomato and give a stir
  6. pour in 2 tbsp of water
  7. put the lid on, cook it for 10 minutes in medium flame (stir at regular interval)
  8. Next, open the lid, keep cooking for 10 minutes without any lid, or until the water evaporates
  9. When the water gets evaporated, put 2 tsp of pepper powder, and give a stir
  10. turn off the flame, put 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves