Dhaba chicken curry
Dhaba chicken curry
This chicken curry is lip smacking and is usually served in Dhabas. It is easy to prepare and less spicy. This curry tastes good with rotis. It is one of the popular dishes in India. The Punjabi dhaba chicken curry is consumed as a main dish.
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients:
- 500 gms chicken
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp garam masla
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- ½ cup beaten curd
- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 red chillies
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp refined oil
- Salt to taste
- Coriander for garnish
Method:
Clean the chicken and marinate with salt and turmeric. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a wok. Add cumin, red chillies and bay leaf. After the cumin splutters, fry onions till they turn translucent. Stir in garam masala and fry for few minutes. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes.
Put the marinated chicken to this. Add red chilly powder, coriander powder and mix well. Close the lid and cook till chicken is half done and oil leaves sides, over a medium flame.
Pour the beaten curd and let the chicken cook over a low flame till it is done. Add more water to bring it to gravy consistency.
Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with rotis.