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Dec 29, 2013

Kadai Chicken | Kadai Chicken Curry | Chicken Karahi Recipe

Kadai Chicken is one of the popular Non-Vegetarian menu in Indian Restaurants. This Kadai Chicken & Butter Chicken are our constant Non Veg menu order along with Tandoori Roti or Naan. I wanted to recreate this popular restaurant dish at home for long time. Finally it happened a month ago. Because of Christmas Recipes this and few other recipes were still lying in my draft. This is a curry like side dish in which chicken is cooked in a spicy tomato gravy with capsicum. The capsicum gives unique flavor to this chicken curry. I took the kadai Masala powder recipe from Youtube, Vachef's video and tried similar to my Kadai Paneer recipe. This is a very simple and easy to make chicken curry which is so flavorful and delicious. I am happy with the outcome and we all loved it. You can serve this kadai chicken with Rotis / Paratha / Poori / Naan / Pulao.



Kadai Chicken Recipe
Prep Time : 10 minutes |  Cook Time : 20-25 minutes
Serves : 4
Ingredients
  1. Chicken   1 lb / 450 gm
  2. Capsicum    1 medium sized (diced)
  3. Onion    1/2 cup (finely chopped)
  4. Tomato    1 large (finely chopped)
  5. Tomato Puree     1/2 - 3/4 cup
  6. Ginger Garlic Paste     1-2 tsp
  7. Chilli Powder     1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp(to marinate)
  8. Turmeric Powder    1/4 tsp
  9. Salt      to taste
  10. Cilantro    few finely chopped
  11. Ginger    1" julienned (to garnish)
  12. Oil     1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp
  13. Cumin seeds     1/4 tsp
For Kadai Masala
  1. Dry Red chilli   5 no.s
  2. Coriander seeds     1 tbsp
  3. Pepper corns    1/2 tsp or less
  4. Fennel seeds    1/4 tsp
  5. Cumin seeds    1/4 tsp
  6. Kasoori Methi/Dry Methi leaves     1/2 tsp
Notes:
If you like you can also add 2-3 tbsp heavy cream in the last and simmer for 2 minutes and switch off.
Adjust spices to your desired lever, above one is a medium spicy curry.
Adding capsicum is optional but sure gives nice flavor and taste to the curry.
For dry masala skip chopped tomatoes and use puree alone and use 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup water to cook chicken. After adding chicken please turn the heat to medium and cook with lid closed or you can also use pressure pan to cook chicken.



Method
  • Wash chicken pieces, drain and marinate with turmeric powder and chilli powder and keep aside.
  • Heat a pan/kadai, when its heated add fry red chilli, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, pepper corns and roast for a minutes and lastly add dry methi leaves stir and remove from the stove.
  • Allow to cool for a while then grind it to a coarse powder and keep aside.
  • Heat 1/2 tsp oil in same pan, stir fry diced capsicum for 1-2 minutes and keep aside.
  • Now heat oil in a wok, add cumin seeds allow to splutter then add finely chopped onions and saute for 2-3 minutes.
  • Then add ginger garlic paste, sprinkle little salt and saute until raw smell leaves.
  • And then add chopped tomatoes and tomato puree and cook till oil leaves and moisture dries.
  • After that add 1/2 of the ground kadai masala and stir fry for a minute.
  • Then add chicken pieces, remaining 1/2 of ground kadai masala, turmeric powder and stir for 3-4 minutes and add 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup water, enough salt and cook for 15-20 minutes with lid closed or until chicken gets cooked well.
  • After that open the lid, turn heat to medium high and cook for another 1-2 minutes and add stir fried capsicum and mix well.
  • Let it simmer for another 1 minute  and switch off the stove.
  • That's it...Delicious Kadai Chicken ready. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro and ginger julienne.



18 comments:

  1. nice clicks :)

    http://eezy-kitchen.blogspot.com/

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  2. the kadai chicken looks really delicious... so good...

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  3. Super tempting dish, wish I was ur neighbor :) Would have emptied the bowl without leaving anything behind :P Nice clicks and well explained akka :)

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  4. Perfect and yummy kadai chicken.

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  5. i always like the combination of chicken and capsicum :) nice clicks dear..

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  6. Looks super delicious akka... Perfect combo

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  7. Looks super tempting, my mouth started watering. Great clicks

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  8. looks so tempting sangee..though I dont eat:)

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  9. Kadai chicken looks so tempting and delicious!!

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  10. I made this delicious curry today. It was amazing!!! Thanks so much for sharing this fabulous recipe.

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  11. Just add little cashew paste to this in the end. It will make it better. Tried it and loved it. Thx for the recipe

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  12. Sangeetha, this post is copied from your blog, verbatim to another link here
    http://chowringheerestaurant.blogspot.ae/2015/04/kadhai-chicken-kadhai-chicken-recipes.html. Do check it out

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    1. Yeah.,I came to know about this from Sona, left a comment. lets see..if not will lodge a complaint.

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  13. I tried this recipe and it's truly yumm!! I add some red chilli powder to make it slightly more spicy and marinade my chicken with some turmeric, chilli, coriander powder, cumin powder and a tablespoon of yoghurt. This made the meat really tender and flavourful.
    Thanks for sharing this recipe ��

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  14. Chicken kadai is one of my favorite dishes. This is the first time I have tried to cook it and I am so happy with the outcome!!! Great directions.

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