Kadai Chicken

Description

Traditional North indian dish, where chicken is cooked in a spicy rich cahewnut sauce. Nowadays it has become more common and fancy to serve the dish in a kadai with capsicum/bell peppers.
Ingredients-1
2 nos Cardamon
2 nos Cloves
2 nos Cinnamon
8 nos Cahewnuts
1 tsp Poppy seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
2 tsp Corrainder/dhania seeds
¼ cup Water
Ingredients-2
1 lb Boneless chicken (1/2 kg approx, cut into bite size cubes)
2 nos Onion (cut into big dices)
1 no Green bell pepper/ capsicum
1 no Tomato (diced)
1 tsp Ginger garlic crushed
3 stks Corrainder leaves (chopped for garnishing)
4 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Salt (or to taste)
3 tsp Red chilli powder
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
1 no Green chilli (slit open)

Instructions

Grind all ingredients from table-1 to a smooth paste consisitency and keep aside. Take a Kadai (iron will give more taste) and heat oil, add onions, green chili and ginger garlic crushed, saute them until golden, then add the chopped tomato and cook until soft.

Now add chicken along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, the masala paste and salt. Fry everything until the masala coats the chicken and when the oil seperates, add chopped green bell pepper and suate for couple of minutes and garnish with corrainder. Serve hot with chapatti or ghee rice.

Comments

16 responses to “Kadai Chicken”

  1. […] fancy to serve the dish in a kadai with capsicum/bell peppers.The recipe for this is in my website http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/kadai_chicken /**/ /**/ More Related Articles:Selected Indian Recipe Video snapshotsSelected Indian Cooking […]

  2. mithra Avatar
    mithra

    I tried this y'day,it was delicious & simply superb.All ur recipies tastes good.

  3. reshatha Avatar
    reshatha

    thanks for this receipe. it was delicious.

  4. DEEPu Avatar
    DEEPu

    mullai, tried this chicken came out very well

    thanks
    deepu

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Deepu, normally we would have it as a side for fried rice or chapati, with one additional gravy, .. how did you guys enjoy??

  5. priyam Avatar
    priyam

    Hi mullai,

    i tried kadai chicken today came out really well. If u have the receipe for kadai paneer pls try posting it.

  6. titi from Morocco Avatar
    titi from Morocco

    thanks so much for this tasty recipe, i like very much kadai chicken

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Hello Titi.. guess am right?? Thanks for leaving a comment.

  7. Visitor Avatar
    Visitor

    Hi….where r u using the green chilli in the recipe??

    Thanks

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Probably might have missed while typing, it goes along with the onions. Thanks for pointing out, I will fix it right away.

  8. Visitor Avatar
    Visitor

    Hi Mullai,
    I am impressed with your recipes. I had always a question about chicken. Is there any tip to soften the chicken? Because everytime I make chicken it gets hard and rubbery and I end up taking the gravy alone and throwing away the chicken peices.

    Lot of people say that it is something to do with heat, water quantity and curd….. Please help

    Also, can you give me the recipe for prawns fry(really hot chettinad style)?

    Thanks,
    RS

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Hello there,

      I normally use little lemon juice for marination, which tenderizes the meat. Sometimes it also depends on the dish,  gravy items require more water and dry fry doesn't. My quick tip would be to wash and marinate with little salt and lemon juice for at least 15 minutes. When reheating in the microwave try to sprinkle some water, if the dish is too dry and loosely close with a microwave safe lid. This will prevent it from getting rubbery. Regarding the prawn fry….. I already have a couple of  recipes posted, check it out, follow my chettinad chicken recipe and use prawns instead. I would really appreciate , if you could register and post all your comments. Thanks for visiting.

  9. Mullai Avatar
    Mullai

    Hello Uma Gandhi,
    Here is the recipe you requested, actually this item is…. kind of a dry item, but if you really need restaurant style gravy, just follow the same procedure and change quantity for the items mentioned below.
    Onions – 4 nos
    Tomatoes-3 nos
    Cashews-15 nos
    Water- 1 cup
    This might change the consistency to thick rich gravy, a little orange food color might add good colour to the gravy. BTW thanks for your feedback and keep visiting for more exciting recipes.

    1. Uma Gandhi Avatar
      Uma Gandhi

      HI Mullai
      Thanks for the kadai chicken recipe. I shall try it this weekend.
      Uma