Kadai Chicken or Chicken Karahi – Melts in your mouth!!! So Good!

21 November, 2013  Shana Shameer

Kadai Chicken

Karahi or Kadai Chicken. This North Indian and Pakistani delicious dish is a staple at most restaurants that serves Indo Continental foods. Kadai Chicken comes in various styles, spicy with capsicum or light and creamy.

My favorite is this DELICIOUS… Creamy Chicken Karahi, that uses yoghurt and cream There is no Chili powder or turmeric so it remains light in color.  The thing that suits every chef about a Kadai Chicken is that is makes use of a single cooking utensil – A ‘Kadai’ or  deep sided WOK!  The chicken is cooked till it is ‘fall off the bone’ tender in a covered wok till it just oozes yumminess! So here’s how I make it. Oh and did I forget to mention, its delicious? 🙂

Kadai Chicken 

Creamy Delicious Kadai Chicken (With VIDEO)

Ingredients:

• 1 kg /2.20 lb chicken, skinless – washed and drained.
• 1 whole bulb of garlic & the same amount of ginger.
• 1 large onion, diced.
• 8 small green chillies (for spicy chicken)  Or 2 long milder green chillies – I use the mild ones.
• ½ cup yoghurt whipped well.
• ¹⁄3 cup cream. I used. Use a pouring cream/fresh cream. 
• 1 tsp Garam Masala. My Garam Masala.
• ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• 1 tsp Coriander Powder.
• 3/4 tsp White pepper powder.
• 1 tsp Cumin Powder
• Salt, about 1 tsp plus to taste.
• 2 Tbsp Ginger Julienne cut.
• ¼ cup vegetable or sunflower oil.

Method:

• Wash, clean and drain the chicken.
• Grind the ginger and garlic to a smooth paste without water.
• Marinate the chicken with this paste and 1 tsp salt for about 20 minutes, while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
• Heat oil in a large wok with a tight-fitting lid.
• Add the diced onion. Allow to sweat a little – Do not brown.
• Add the marinated chicken to the wok and toss well. Toss till the chicken is evenly coloured – white.
• Cover the wok for 5 minutes on low- medium heat, till the liquids are released from the chicken.
• Do not add water.
• Open and add the well-whipped yoghurt. Mix quickly to combine. Cover the wok again and time it for about 8 more minutes. (Adjust the heat so that the chicken does not stick to your wok)
• The gravy should be thick and no longer runny.
• Add the green chillies. Taste and add salt if needed.
• Add the cream and garam masala. Stir to combine.
• Add the Coriander powder, White pepper powder and Cumin. Stir well on low heat.
• Add the Lemon juice. (Add half the lemon juice first, and taste before you add all of it. Only use freshly squeezed lemon juice)
• Add the Ginger, reserving some for garnish. Allow the gravy to thicken slightly.
• Add a 1 or 2 Tbsp of extra cream if you desire more creaminess.
• Serve hot with Sheermal (Saffron Scented Bread) or other flatbreads

Kadai Chicken 

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Creamy Delicious Kadai Chicken (With VIDEO)

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