Coriander Chicken

We all love 'Free' stuff .... don't we ? So this time when I was in the neighborhood shop buying grocery I was lured by this ' Buy one Get one Free - Chicken Breasts'. And the 'free' bug hit me hard. And I decided to buy this pale frozen tasteless free chicken ! !

But my dear friends nothing comes for free in this world ........ in my excitement getting a tray of free chicken breasts I forgot to check the expiry date. It was too late when I realized ........ I had to consume the free one first ...... yah the expiry date was just a day after I bought it.

So I had no choice but to cook chicken ....... but guys let me tell you a small secret, you can never go wrong cooking chicken. The end result is at least edible if not good. And some people would simply eat it because it's 'Chicken' !!

With this belief I started preparing this chicken curry ..... my own recipe ! Not that I wanted to experiment. On any given day I would love to eat mom's Country Style chicken curry. But sometimes this blogging stuff freaks me out ..... with the desire of showing off my own culinary skills and getting applauded by my co bloggers, I present you my experimental Coriander Chicken.

Not : Try at your own risk. There are chances you get addicted to it ...... equal chances of dumping it too :-)

Preparation Time - 45 minutes

Serves - 4

Ingredients

Chicken Breasts - 1 pound

Onion - 1 big

Tomato - 1

Chopped Cilantro - 2 cups

Curry Leaves - few

Ginger - 1.5 inches

Whole Black Pepper - 10

Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon - 2 inches

Whole Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp

Chicken Curry Powder - 1 tbsp

Green Chili - 4

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt per taste

Oil for cooking

Method of Preparation

1 Cut chicken breasts into medium size pieces. Chop onion and tomato finely and keep aside.

2 Grind and make a thick paste of coriander leaves, ginger, curry leaves, green chilies, coriander seeds and whole pepper.

3 In a Kadhai, add enough oil. Add whole cinnamon and cumin seeds. Add the finely chopped onions and fry till golden brown.

4 Add the finely chopped tomatoes along with turmeric, chicken masala and salt. Fry till the tomatoes are soft.

5 Add the chicken pieces and fry till the chicken pieces look opaque/ white.

6 Pour the mixture of coriander mixture and mix well.

7 Keep frying till all the moisture evaporates and the chicken gets cooked. Do not add water. The masala will turn brown in color when cooked completely.

Serving Tips

Serve warm with rice or roti/ chapatti/ paratha.

Notes

Keep stirring the masala else it may stick to the bottom.

Variation

You may add green chilies per taste. Instead of chicken breast pieces you may use any piece. You can use the stem of coriander leaves for making puree.

Other Names

Coriander Chicken - Coriander Chicken Curry, Coriander - Cilantro, Cumin - Jeera.