Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe

What goes into Chicken Jalfrezi?

Here something different with chicken, traditionally from Pakistan dishes, love to make this .

Like most dishes in the Indian curry, every cook has their way of making Chicken Jalfrezi. Most versions include a protein, peppers, onions, and tomatoes that are stir-fried together with aromatics and spices like ginger, garlic, cloves, and cumin seeds. 

The second spice is Nigella seeds. Known in Hindi as Kalonji, the spice is often mislabeled black caraway, black cumin, or black onion seeds. It has an anise-like flavor with hints of onion, but Nigella Sativa is unrelated to caraway, cumin, or onion. They can be a little hard to find, but Nigella seeds add a wonderful fresh herbal flavor that takes this dish to a whole new level. If you can’t find them in your local store, try checking online.

 

Ingredients

• 400 g Chicken Thighs
• 1 Tsp Cumin
• 1 Tsp Coriander
• 1 Tsp Nigella
• 1 Tsp Fenugreek
• 200 g Onion
• 6 Green Chilli Peppers
• 4 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil
• 250 g Chopped Tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp Tomato Puree
• 1 Tbsp Coriander Seeds
• 1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds
• 6 Cardamom Pods
• 1 Tsp Garam Masala
• Salt to Taste

 

Instructions

1. Cut your chicken thighs into large chunks.

2. Coat the chicken with the cumin, nillega, coriander, fenugreek, and turmeric and allow to marinade whilst we make the sauce.

3. Roughly chop half your onion, garlic, and green chili, the size is unimportant here.

4. Heat half of the cooking oil in a frying pan.

5. Add the onion, green chili, and garlic and cook for 5 minutes.

6. Add 200ml of water to the onion, garlic, and chili mix and reduce the temperature to low and simmer for 20 minutes.

7. Whilst this is happening chop the second half of your onion into wedges and set aside.

8. Place the onion mix in a blender with the tomatoes and tomato puree, then blend to a smooth sauce.

9. Heat a dry pan over medium-high heat and add the coriander seeds, mustard seeds, onion seeds , and cardamom pods and toast for 60 seconds.

10. When toasted pour in the tomato mix and add the tomato puree and allow to cook for 10 minutes.

11. Now the time have a taste and add salt as required.

12. In a separate pan add the remaining oil.

13. Add the onion wedges and cook for 5 minutes.

14. Throw in the chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.

15. Add the tomato sauce to the onion and chicken mixture and cook until the chicken is cooked through which should take around 15 minutes.

16. Add the garam masala and stir in leaving to stand for 3-4 minutes before serving.

 

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