Pepper Chicken - Chrysl

 Recipe by Chrysl Castelino



Ingredients:
500 gms chicken with bones
1 medium onion (sliced)
1" ginger (julienned)
8-10 cloves garlic (julienned)
2 sprigs curry leaves
2-3 green chillies (slit into quarters)
2 tbsp freshly ground black pepper powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
1 lime - juice 
salt to taste

For the marinade:
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 lime - juice 
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp soy sauce

Steps:

  1. Clean and cut the chicken into medium size pieces.
  2. Drain all the excess water.

  3. In a bowl, add the chicken and marinate with pepper powder, haldi, salt, soya sauce and ginger garlic paste for at least half an hour.

  4. In a kadai, heat oil.
  5. Add the ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves. Fry for about a minute.
  6. Add the onions. Continue to fry until the onions turn light pink and translucent.
  7. Now add the chicken and fry on high flame.
  8. Add the soya sauce, freshly ground pepper, coriander powder, salt to taste and mix well. Cook covered on low flame for 5-10 minutes, until the chicken releases water and you get a gravy.
  9. Take off the lid and cook on high flame till the chicken is cooked and the masala coats the chicken .
  10. Turn off the flame and add the lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix well and serve hot.
  11. ENJOY!