Ingredients: 500 grams Chicken – cut into medium size pieces,18 Green Chillies – adjust as per spice preference,7 cloves Garlic,2 inch Ginger,2 tablespoon Coriander (Dhania) Leaves,2 Onions,3 Tomatoes,4 Cloves (Laung),1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini),1 tablespoon Coriander Powder (Dhania),Salt – to taste,Water – as required,1/2 Lemon,2 teaspoon Sunflower Oil
Time in minutes: 40 Servings: 4 Course: Appetizer Diet: High Protein Non Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making the Green Chilli Chicken Fry recipe, wash chicken pieces well and pat dry them. Add 1 teaspoon salt and juice of half lime into the chicken pieces, mix well. Cover and marinate for at least 30 minutes in fridge.Meanwhile, grind together the green chilies, ginger pieces, garlic cloves, coriander leaves, onions into a paste in a mixer grinder.Add the tomatoes in a mixer grinder with a little water and puree them. Keep it aside.Heat 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.After 2 minutes, add the marinated chicken pieces and cook until the colour of the chicken changes. Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the sides of the pan.Add coriander powder, salt to taste and cook for about 5 minutes.After 5 minutes, add 1/2 to 1 cup water and cook the chicken covered. Once chicken is fully cooked, remove from pan.Serve 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.