This is a very tasty chicken preparation popular among Sourashtrians. Commonly called as chicken chops, no Sourashtrian feast or get-together will be complete without this dish being served. This dish will be amazing with any kind of dish being served; be it dal rice, rasam, biryani, pulao, chapati or even parotta.
Ingredients
250 gm chicken (breast or thigh pieces)
1 medium sized onion
1 big tomato
3 tbs sesame oil
To grind
1 inch ginger piece
3 garlic cloves
1 ts peppercorn
1 ts fennel seed
1 ts cumin seed
3 cloves
4-5 red chillies
1/4 ts turmeric powder
Handful of finely chopped mint leaves
Preparation
- Grind the ingredients listed above (except mint leaves) into a smooth paste with very little water. Finally add the chopped mint leaves and just give it a pulse. (Mint leaves is a very essential ingredient, so don't miss them out)
- Heat oil in a pan. (The more oil you add, the better tasting this dish will turn out to be) Once oil turns hot add thinly sliced onions and fry them until they turn translucent.
- Add the cubed chicken pieces and fry them for 2-3 minutes.
- Next add the ground masala paste and fry them for about 5 minutes in medium flame until it gets rid of its raw taste.
- Finally add the finely chopped tomatoes and enough salt. Mix everything along. Allow the contents to boil.
After this stage you can either prefer to pressure cook or slow cook. I prefer to slow cook the chicken covered in the same pan as it turns out very soft and juicy.
- If you prefer to pressure cook; transfer the contents to a cooker, add a cup of water and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Open the cooker after air subsides. If you still want a thicker gravy simmer in low flame for a while until oil floats on the top.
- If you prefer to slow cook, after the contents are allowed to boil, keep the pan covered in a low to medium flame. Do not add water. If needed, add only very little water. It may take around 20-30 minutes for the chicken to be completely cooked. The gravy should have thickened by now and oil seperated from them.
Enjoy this yummy chicken preparation with any of your favorite main course. My personal favorite to go along with this is humble dal rice with ghee!
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