Curd Chicken Curry - Dahi Chicken - Yoghurt chicken - Dahi Murg
Author: Rajni
Recipe type: nonveg recipe
Cuisine: Indian
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Curd/ Yoghurt Chicken is a very popular dish. The recipe is one the favorite dish for all non veg lovers. This is a low fat curd/yogurt (dahi) chicken recipe is excellent for all foodies. Learn how to make chicken curry with yogurt following this easy steps and guides. Before you started cooking this recipe, keep the marinated chicken with curd and masala in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Here I will show you how to cook yummy chicken with curd or yogurt. Everyone loves its flavor and the easy cooking style which can be prepared in 30 mins. This is a very simple non veg recipe without coconut. In this recipe you can use less quantity oil because we add curd/yogurt in the chicken when marinated.
Ingredients
1. Chicken - 300gm
2. Curd/ Yoghurt (dahi) -1 cup
3. Cooking oil 2 tablespoon
4. Chopped Onion – 2
5. Tomato Chopped - 1
6. Ginger (adrak) - 2inch
7. Garlic cloves (lehsun) - 8-10
8. Turmeric (haldi) powder - 1 tablespoon
9. Chilli (mirchi) powder - 1 tablespoon
10. Cumin seeds (jeera) powder – 1 tablespoon
11. Chicken masala - 1 teaspoon
12. Coriander seeds (dhaniya) – 1 tablespoon
13. Black pepper (kaalee mirch) – 8-10
14. Green Cardamom (Chhoti Elaichi) – 4
15. Cinnamon (dalchini) – 1 small size
16. Bay Leaf (Tej Patta) – 2
17. Coriander leaves (dhaniya patta) chopped
18. Salt to taste
Instructions
First prepare the garam masala powder before marinate the chicken. Grind all ingredients black pepper, green cardamom, cinnamon in smooth mixture grinder for masala powder.
First marinate the chicken with the curd/yogurt (dahi), ½ tablespoon ginger and garlic paste and all the spicy masala powders like chilli powder, chicken masala, turmeric powder, garam masala powder (black pepper, green cardamom, cinnamon) and salt to taste. Mix them well and keep it in refrigerator for 1 hour before cooking.
Heat oil in a pan, add in bay leaves (Tej Patta), chopped onions and little bit salt (Note: for quickly turns to soft and boiled onion) and cook till it turns soft and golden brown.
Then add the ginger garlic paste and stir it. Cook it on low flame for 1 minute.
Take the marinated chicken out from the refrigerator. Add into the pan and cook about 20 mins on medium flame. Cover the pan with a lid. On regular interval of 5 mins open the lid and stir it. Check curd chicken masala not to burn.
When marinated curd chicken is boiled 70-80%, add chopped tomatoes into it. Then cook another 5 mins cover the lid properly.
Then add water in the pan as per your gravy thickness
Curd/ Yoghurt Chicken curry recipe is ready, garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve it with rice or roti.