Mint Chicken

This is simple and tasty dry chicken dish. In this dish chicken is marinated with ground paste and cooked by using less oil. It is a great chicken goes well with any rice, bread, roti and chapatti.

Ingredients

Washed, Cleaned and Chicken Pieces – 1 lb.

Finely Chopped Onion – 1 (large)

Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Cubed Capsicum – ½

Finely Chopped Mint Leaves – few

For Ground Paste (to marinate chicken)

Chopped Mint Leaves – a handful

Chopped Tomato – 1 (big)

Curd /Yogurt – 2 tsp

Chilli Powder – 2 tsp

Salt – little

To Temper

Sesame Oil – 2 to 3 tsp

Cinnamon Stick – 1

Bay Leaf - 1

Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp

Cloves – 4

Anise – 1

Cardamom – 2

Method

In a bowl add chicken and ground paste then marinate well and keep aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Heat oil in a pan, add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds.

Add chopped onions, ginger garlic paste with little salt and fry until get translucent. Transfer the marinated chicken pieces and close lid, then keep cook on low flame for about 20 minutes.

Sprinkle water if you needed, then add the chopped mint leaves and capsicum then mix well and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until roasted well.

Switch off the flame and serve hot with steamed rice.