
Everyday Chicken Curry
A rich, homestyle onion-tomato chicken curry for rice, chapati or ragi mudde.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 35 min
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken, curry-cut
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 tomatoes, puréed
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 tbsp Khushilo Chicken Masala
- ¼ tsp Khushilo Turmeric Powder
- ½ tsp Khushilo Garam Masala
- 3 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves
Method
- 1
Heat oil and fry onions until deep golden.
- 2
Add ginger-garlic paste and cook for a minute, then the tomato purée and turmeric.
- 3
Add chicken masala with a splash of water and cook until the oil separates.
- 4
Add the chicken and salt, coat well, then add 1 cup water. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
- 5
Stir in garam masala, simmer 2 minutes and finish with coriander.
Make it a dry fry
Skip the water in step 4 and cook uncovered on medium heat, stirring often, until the masala coats the chicken.
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