Coriander Chicken is an amazing chicken curry with minimal ingredients which packs such a punch, that you just can’t resist it!
Some days back Iya of The White Rain pinged me gtalk saying she has tried some new stuff (read delicious coriander chicken) in the kitchen and the results have been very good and if she could do a guest post on my blog. I was honored and very happy about it. Iya is a very dear friend, its a friendship that has moved from a blog relation to a very personal relation and I love the thought that the first guest post on the blog is from her :D. So now I leave and hand it over to her. Lets hear what she has to say and see the lovely dish she made.
I love any chicken in any form, and this one looks so amazing. I just can’t wait to try it out!
Iya writes:
When you have wonderful friends like Monika, you tend to imbibe some good habits as well. Add to it the fact that we have been relentlessly eating out since moving to Singapore. And then the craving for authentic home cooked food. All this lead me to the “Kitchen”. And so far it’s been all good. Maybe I can credit this to my being a Cancerian, who according to Linda Goodman, are suppose to be damn good cooks.
So I experimented a bit in the Kitchen and out came this Coriander Chicken. This is a starter and is made of stuff available in the refrigerator. That’s another angle of living in a place outside of India. Almost all ingredients typical to Indian cooking are available in Singapore, but that kind of cooking needs some planning as there is just one store, the famed Mustafa, which sells all this.
Now to the recipe of the chicken!
Coriander Chicken : A guest Post
Ingredients
- 500 gms Chicken Legs Boneless and cut into cubes
- 1 Cup coriander
- 10 to 12 cloves garlic
- Green Chilies depending on how spicy you want it, I used 3 chilies
- curd For marinating
- turmeric For marinating
- salt For marinating
- cooking oil
Instructions
- Wash and dry the chicken and then marinate it in curd, a pinch of turmeric and some salt. Leave it for about an hour.
- In a separate bowl, mix together coriander leaves, garlic, chillies and some salt. Grind this together until a smooth paste is formed. You might need to add some water as well.
- Take a shallow pan and add some oil to it and shallow fry the chicken. Do this on slow gas flame to ensure even cooking. Cook till the chicken turns golden brown. This should take about 15-20 mins. Keep stirring so as to ensure that the chicken is cooked from all sides. Once the chicken is tender, add the paste of coriander that was prepared earlier. And mix evenly. Cook till the moisture dries out of the paste. Keep stirring to ensure that the coriander doesn't burn. Add some meat masala to this for flavor.
- Garnish with lemon and cucumber.
Now that looks absolutely yummy, and I’m a vegetarian!!!
Looks very good..Very nice of Iya to share the recipe with us..
delicious chicken..yum yum yum!
That sounds yummy! I love coriander and I love chicken! The combination is the best 🙂
Made for dinner… Had it with naan 🙂 🙂 🙂
Yummm yummmm yummm 🙂 thanks
I just kept it slightly wet!
I love this blog 🙂
Hey Monika, your words have touched me no end! i am so happy to have met u and to be friends with you. Hugs dear! i am so so so happy yo see this post up..
Hi, Keeping it a bit wet is a good idea if having with Naan. The dry version is good as a starter!
Why not replace chicken with Paneer and Mushrooms? Try it out!
I owe you one IYA for this recipe. My mom used to make a certain coriander chicken for which I have been lusting for years and I think your recipe is gonna finally quench my thirst 🙂
Will make it and let you and Mons know how it turned out.
Yes – absolutely. Thanks a lot Iya!