TANGY KADAI CHICKEN RECIPE

A very popular non-veg dish from Indian cuisine. Chicken is marinated in a mixture of different flavoured spices and cooked over a low flame in a kadai so that it absorbs all flavours. This recipe has used tamarind, jaggery and lemon juice for a tangy and spicy flavour. Try this recipe, you will surely enjoy this version.

Preparation Time: 45 minutes (including marination time)

Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 5

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken (cut into 10 pieces)
• For dry spice powder:>
• 1 Tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 Tbsp fennel (Saunf)
• 1 cinnamon stick

For spice paste:

• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• Salt as per taste

For marination:

• Spice paste
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 3.5 tbsp tamarind extract
• 1/2 lemon juice
• 1 tsp jaggery
• Salt according to taste

For the stir fry:

• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 onion (chopped)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 green chilli (chopped)

Final ingredients:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp Ginger (sliced lengthwise)
• 1/2 lemon juice

Preparation Instructions:

• Dry roast the ingredients for spice powder and grind them into a coarse powder. Keep them aside.
• Mix all ingredients under spice paste and keep them aside. You can add a little water for a smooth paste.
• When done with spice powder and paste, the next step is marination. For this, heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and add spice paste to it.
• Saute for 2 minutes and turn off the flame.
• Add remaining ingredients under marination section to the spice paste. Add chicken pieces to this mixture and let them marinate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan and stir fry the vegetables under stir fry section. Saute them for 2-3 minutes and keep them aside.
• After the chicken pieces are marinated, heat 2 tsp oil in a wok (kadai) and sear the chicken on both sides.
• Add 1 cup water to the chicken pieces and cook them covered for 25 minutes over low flame.
• After 25 minutes, add stir fried vegetables to the chicken and mix well. Take kadai chicken out in a serving bowl and squeeze lemon juice over it.
• Garnish with ginger slices and serve with naan or rice.

Tips:

• You can increase or decrease the quantity of water as per your requirement.
• You can garnish the kadai chicken with sliced almonds or cashews.