Lemon Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• 300 gm Chicken
• 3 tbsp Curd
• 1 Lemon
• as per taste Salt and pepper
• as required Chopped parsley
• 1 tsp Cornstarch
• 1 tbsp Refined oil
• 1 tsp Butter
• 1tsp each Ginger & garlic paste
• As Required Green chillies
• 1 Bayleaf
• 1, cinnamon stick
• 5-6 peppercorns

Steps

1. Marinate the chicken pieces in curd, salt, pepper, ginger and garlic paste, and 1/2lemon juice. Leave for 30mins.
2. Heat the oil and butter, sauté the cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and bay leaf, then shallow-fry the chicken pieces.
3. Add the remaining marinade mixture. Wash the bowl and add a little water, then mix well and cook until the chicken is tender.
4. Add salt, pepper, and lemon juice again as required, followed by the split green chillies.
5. Make a thin cornflour slurry with water and mix it into the chicken properly. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot with rice or paratha.