Chicken Masaledar | Spicy Chicken Masala Recipe

Chicken cooked over slow fire in onion paste & Indian masala

 Looking for a simple & easy chicken recipe? Here is the one for you. No coconut, no tomato, no elaborate methods, just a curd marinated chicken slow cooked in pureed onion & the common India masalas. I made this to pair up with my Coconut Milk Rice. It tasted awesome, spicy enough for the rich rice & blended perfectly with it. This recipe is from my mom's old cookbook, the one which I talk about quite often ! Let's say that was her blog during her younger days. I enjoy cooking dishes from it coz they always turn out perfectly well for me & also it makes me nostalgic. Nostalgia part is because I used to pen down the recipes in the diary for her. See, I had a very good handwriting when I was young, so she let me write it down for her. There are almost 200 odd recipes in it & this time when I went on for vacation I xerox-ed the entire diary & took it with me ! So look out for more recipes from that diary here at my space. Let's now see how to make this tasty & spicy masala chicken..

Recipe Source: Ma's Ole Cookbook

I Took: 30 minutes + 1 hour for marination

Serves: 2-3 persons

I Used:

Chicken	-	250 gm
Onion	-	1 no - big sized - sliced
Green Chilly	-	2 no
Ginger-Garlic Paste	-	1 tbsp
Curd	-	¼ cup
Lemon Juice	-	1 tbsp
Red Chilly Powder	-	1 ½ tsp
Coriander Powder	-	2 tsp
Turmeric Powder	-	1 tsp
Garam Masala	-	1 tsp
Pepper Powder	-	½ tsp
Oil	-	2 tbsp
Salt	-	As Needed

The Way:

1. Clean & cut the chicken into pieces. Marinate the pieces with curd, lemon juice, ½ tsp turmeric powder & salt for 1 hour
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add the sliced onions & fry till it becomes golden brown. Remove from fire. Cool & grind it to a fine paste
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan or wok. Add the ginger-garlic paste & crushed green chillies & fry for a while. Take care not to burn
4. Add the ground onion paste & fry for 1 minute. Now add the red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala & pepper powder & fry well
5. When masala leaves the side of the pan, add the marinated chicken pieces & cook on slow fire till the chicken is tender 

Serve hot with chapathi/tandoori roti/jeera rice/coconut milk rice

Cheers,

Chitz