Kadai Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken: 600 grams
• Cumin seeds: 1 tea spoon
• Coriander seeds: 1 tea spoon
• Black pepper: 1/2 tea spoon
• Oil: 1 table spoon
• Ghee: 1 table spoon
• Bay leaves: 2
• Onion: 1 large (Chopped)
• Ginger-garlic paste: 1 table spoon
• Red chilli powder: 1 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder: 1 tea spoon
• Cardamom (Elaichi): 2
• Cinnamon: 1/2 inch stick
• Tomatoes: 2 (1 chopped. 1 sliced.)
• Salt: As per taste.
• Capsicum: 1/2 (Sliced)
• Coriander leaves: 2 table spoons (Minced)

Method

• Take a wok (Karahi / Kadai) and pour oil and ghee in it.
• After heating the ghee and oil, place cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cardamom (elach), cinnamon (daruchini) and bay leaves in the wok.
• Place the onions in it and saute it for 2 mins.
• When the colour of the onions turns light brown add ginger garlic paste and saute it for another 2 mins.
• Add the chicken, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper and salt, and mix it well.
• Cover it with a lid.
• After 10 mins, add the chopped tomatoes and cover it again to steam the mixture.
• Take another pan and heat a little bit oil and shallow-fry the capsicum and sliced tomatoes.
• Once the chicken is ready, serve it in a bowl and garnish with fried capsicum and tomatoes.
• Serve hot with roti, paratha or rice.