Kadai Chicken Recipe – Chicken Cooked With Onion And Capsicum

Ingredients

• 300 grams Chicken breasts cut into chunks
• 1 Onion sliced
• 1 Onion diced
• 1 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) diced
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
• 2 Dry Red Chilli
• 1 inch Ginger chopped
• 4 cloves Garlic chopped
• 1 cup Homemade tomato puree
• 2 teaspoons Red Chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
• 2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
• 1 tablespoon Fresh cream
• Salt to taste
• 2 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves chopped
• Oil

Steps

1. To begin making the Kadai Chicken Recipe, heat a heavy bottomed pan/wok with oil. Once it becomes hot, add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.
2. Add dry red chillies and saute till it crisp up. Add ginger, garlic and allow it soften.
3. Add sliced and diced onions and saute till they soften and caramelize.
4. Add bell peppers and cook till they become a little soft. Once that is done, add cup of tomato puree and keep cooking till the tomatoes are well cooked. This will take about 4 to 5 minutes.
5. After 4 to 5 minutes, add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, salt and cook for another 3 minutes.
6. Add chicken pieces and saute well till the masala is coated evenly over the chicken.
7. The chicken will take about 15 to 20 minutes to cook. At the end, add a tablespoon of cream and mix well. Serve hot by garnishing it with coriander leaves.
8. Serve the Kadai Chicken Recipe along withTawa Paratha, Boondi Raita and a Kachumber Salad for a weekday meal.