Pepper Chicken Curry

Chicken is most preferred option on Sunday special. This week we learn the process for pepper chicken curry. In this recipe chicken is cooked well with pepper powder, crushed pepper corns and some spices. This recipe is good combo for rice and chapati.

Pepper Chicken Curry

Ingredients: Serve- 2

• Chicken – 1/2kg
• Oil – 4tspn
• Onion – 3 (medium size)
• Tomato – 1 (medium size)
• Pepper powder – 2tspn
• Pepper – 1tspn (crashed)
• Salt – 2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Red chilly powder – 1tspn
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1tspn
• Coriander powder – 1tspn
• Green chilly – 3
• Curry leaves – as required
• Lemon – 1/2

The following picture shows the step by step process for Pepper Chicken Curry:

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Method:

1. Clean the chicken and cut into small pieces.
2. Take a bowl, add chicken, 1tspn pepper powder, 1/2tspn coriander powder,1/2tspn red chilly powder, pinch of turmeric powder, 1tspn salt, lemon mix well and rest for 1 hour.(figure 1 & 2)
3. Take a pan, heat oil in a medium flame add curry leaves, onion, salt and saute until onions become soft. (figure 3)
4. Add 1/2tspn red chilly powder, 1tspn pepper powder, turmeric powder, 1/2tspn coriander powder and saute for 1 minute.(figure 4)
5. Add green chilly saute for 5 seconds then add tomato and saute until tomato smashed.(figure 5)
6. Add chicken, mix well and cook for 10 minutes by closing the lid.(figure 6 & 7)
7. Now open the lid, add crashed pepper and saute for 1 minute.(figure 8 )
8. Serve in a bowl.(figure 9)

Hot and Spicy Pepper Chicken is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 2, rest the chicken for at least 1 hour.