Sunday, August 12, 2012

Garlic Chicken

After a really long break, back in the blog.. It’s the vacation time and we been to kerala for a short 3 weeks trip. Trip was Short and sweet. I really had a good time enjoying the spl food from my mothers. Both my mother and Mother in law are wonderful cooks, I wanted to take some pictures of their dishes and share their recipes on my blog… But… enjoying them was the only priority and I forget about the rest…. Next time for sure… :)
Now back in my kitchen… with my routine cooking, and it’s time for another chicken dish… it’s the garlic chicken this time. This is different recipe of garlic chicken, receipe was posted in a Facebook group by one of our friend. Posted long back, This is an adaptation of the same recipe with some alterations from my side.


Ingredients:-
Chicken- 500g
Onion finely chopped-1 cup
Tomato -2 
Garlic- 20 cloves
Ginger paste - 1 table spn
Lemon juice – 2 table spn
Yoghurt- 2 table spn
Salt
Green chilli -4
Coriander leaves – ½ cup
cloves- 3
cardamom - small piece


Method

Marinate the chicken with yoghurt, lemon juice and a paste of ginger, chilli and 9-10 garlic cloves. add salt. Marinate it for  1 hr.
After the chicken is marinated use a thick bottom skillet or pan for cooking.
Pour oil in the pan , add cardamom and cloves along with crushed garlic. Turn the heat to medium, When the oil is hot enough, add onion. Let it saute until golden. add the tomatoes and stir fry for a while.
Now add the marinated chicken. Add salt .Let it cook on medium low heat stirring occasionally. It should be done in 20-30 minutes.
garnish with coriander leaves and Serve with rice or your choice of bread or naan.