Chicken Chennai

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Total Time:
15-30 minutes
Serves: 6
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Cuisine: Indian Recipe
Technique: Stewed Recipe
Difficulty: Easy

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Ingredients

  • Chicken - 1 kg
  • Onions - 1/2 kg
  • Ginger - 4 cm
  • Garlic - 1/2 pod
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
  • Poppy seeds - 2 tsp
  • Tomatoes - 300 g
  • Cloves - 3
  • Cardamoms - 3
  • Cinnamon - 3 pieces
  • Bay leaves - 2
  • Fennel - 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 5 tbsp

How to Make Chicken Chennai

  • Clean and joint the chicken. Remove the skin.
  • Slice onions. Grind 1/2 the onions with all the ingredients from ginger to poppy seeds to a smooth paste. Chop tomatoes.
  • Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame.
  • Add all the ingredients from cloves to fennel. Fry for 1 minute. Add onion slices and fry till brown.
  • Add the ground paste and fry well. Add all the powders. Fry for 1 minute.
  • Add tomatoes and fry till oil separates at the sides of the kadai. Add chicken pieces and salt.
  • Add 2 cups of water. Cover and lower the flame.
  • Simmer till chicken is cooked. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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