Community Pick
Indian Kadai Chicken
"From the Thursday magazine."
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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3
ingredients
- 1 kg chicken, washed,cleaned and cut into big pieces
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 1⁄2 cup onion, sliced
- 1 1⁄2 cups tomatoes, peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 4 teaspoons garam masala powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 whole red chilies
- 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- salt
directions
- Grind corriander seeds and whole red chillies into a coarse powder.
- Heat oil in a kadai.
- Add bay leaves.
- After about 30 seconds, add onions and saute till they turn light golden brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste.
- Saute for 2 minutes on medium flame.
- Add the above coarse powder.
- Stir well.
- Add tomatoes and cook till they are fully cooked.
- Add chicken pieces, salt to taste and red chilli powder.
- Mix well.
- Cover the kadai.
- Cook till the chicken becomes tender.
- Sprinkle garam masala powder over the chicken.
- Garnish with corriander leaves and onion rings.
- Serve hot with rotis or parathas.
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Reviews
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As written I felt this curry was a bit strong flavored. It wasn't bad, just a little too much garam masala for our liking. Next time I'll decrease it to 2 tsp and perhaps add it earlier in the cooking so the flavors have time to calm a bit. I didn't have whole coriander seeds or red chilies, so I used 1 tsp coriander powder and 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes. It was a bit spicy, I'll decrease the pepper next time. I used boneless thighs, so it cooked very quickly. It was also very quick and easy to make. -
dee-licious. I will admit that I was skeptical at first, because I'm so used to marinating the chicken first. Tasted even better the next day. -
I made this with shrimp instead of chicken. We thought it was great and my 4 yr old even liked it! Amazing! I didn't have red chilies so I left them out. I also used a can of diced tomatoes. Next time I will add peas in the mix as well. I -
Very tasty, but WAY too spicy. If we make it again, we will have to do something to bring down the heat. However, if we didn't eat any extra sauce, and mixed the chicken with basmati rice, it was good. -
I used diced chicken breast tinned tomato and a bit of yoghurt at the end in addition to the other ingredients-it is fantastic my DH hates tomatoes but he loved this recipe -will make frequently.
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Tweaks
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I made this with shrimp instead of chicken. We thought it was great and my 4 yr old even liked it! Amazing! I didn't have red chilies so I left them out. I also used a can of diced tomatoes. Next time I will add peas in the mix as well. I
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I used boneless, skinless thighs and fresh red jalapeno chiles instead of dried chiles. I could not believe how delicious it is!!! I was practically licking the plate! :) However, I noticed that the heat level varied significantly depending on the chiles. I followed the quantities in the recipe both times, but the first time it was blow-your-head-off spicy, and the second time it was just medium spicy. There is really no way to tell how hot a chile is going to be when you buy it at the store. At any rate, this is one of the best chicken Indian dishes I have ever had. -
I'm brand new to the world of cooking and spices and this is easy, delicious and healthy! I've cooked it twice already and I'm looking forward to the leftovers for dinner tonight. I did make a few substitutions that turned out fine. I bought a can of diced tomatoes instead of fresh, used finely chopped garlic and ginger instead of paste, and used 3 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes instead of whole chilies. GREAT GREAT GREAT recipe!
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