ACHARI CHICKEN - Chicken Curry simmered in pickling spices
 
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Chicken curry simmered in pickling spices.
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Recipe type: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs whole chicken,cut into pieces bone in and skinless. Wash and pat dry.
  • 2 large red onions finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp fresh ginger-garlic paste
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 3 tomatoes pureed
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro/coriander
  • 2 tsp garlic pickle with oil(you could use store bought or make your own)
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Water
Dry Spice Powder:
  • 1 tsp fennel
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp meethi/fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin/jeera seeds
  • 4 cloves
  • 3 cardamom
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick.
  • 10 dried red chillies
Instructions
  1. In a flat heavy bottomed pan , dry roast the spices for the dry spice mixture on a very low flame. Once you smell the spices and it's browned a little, turn of the heat and let cool. Powder it and keep aside.
  2. In a thick pan, add vegetable oil. Add the onions and fry on medium heat for 2 minutes. Then add the ginger-garlic paste and fry it until the onions are golden brown and add the chicken and brown it.
  3. Add some salt to the chicken after browning, add turmeric and tomato paste. Let it bubble.
  4. Add the ground spice mixture and 2-3 cups of water and cover and let cook on low heat.
  5. Once the chicken is cooked add the pickle and chopped cilantro and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. The whole process takes around 30-40 minutes. If you want your curry to be more liquidy, add more water, for a drier curry add less. It is totally up to you.
  6. Serve with rice, roti or Naan.
Notes
Note:- You could use couple of tablespoons of mustard oil for this, tastes good.
You could leave the pickle out if you want.
Adjust the spice to your liking.
Double the spice mixture and you can keep it in a airtight jar and use whenever you want it. Goes so good with vegetarian dishes too.
The GARLIC pickle I made has 3 ingredients. Garlic+Tomato puree+Oil. Simmer everything with plain red chilly powder and salt for 1 hour and you have your home made pickle.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2013/11/07/achari-chicken-chicken-curry-simmered-in-pickling-spices/