MINTY CHICKEN DRY

A North Indian favourite, with the freshness of green herbs like mint, coriander and curry leaves. Every time when I cook chicken, my younger daughter used to tell me, try something new. So I tried this chicken fry recipe with mint leaves. I came to know this recipe before some days when we brought chicken from restaurant. I don’t know the exact recipe but from the taste and flavours I guessed the ingredients and made this minty chicken. I am happy to tell you all it was so tasty. The taste and aroma that I enjoyed is still in my mind. Mint leaves are very good for health and I used two-three sprigs of curry leaves to make it more healthy. So I want to made it and sharing with all my friends.

      So here is the recipe of minty chicken, hope you love this recipe.

 INGREDIENTS:

 5oo gms Chicken

For Marination:

1 Cup Curd [yogurt]

1 Cup Mint Leaves

1 Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves

2-3 Sprigs of Curry Leaves [optional]

2 Green Chillies [ As per your taste ]

5-6 Garlic Cloves

A piece of Ginger

1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice

Salt as per taste

1 ½ Teaspoon Chaat Masala

1-2 Tablespoon Oil

METHOD:

STEP 1 – First wash the chicken pieces. Coat them with a little lemon juice and salt. Keep for 15-20 minutes.

For Marination:

STEP 1 – In a mixer pot, take all the ingredients and grind it and make a paste.

 

STEP 2 – Marinate the chicken pieces well with this mint-curd paste.

STEP 3 – Keep the chicken pieces in refrigerator for minimum 2 hours. [ Overnight marination gives the best result ]

STEP 4 – Heat oil in a pan and add the marinated chicken pieces in it.

STEP 5 –Transfer the chicken pieces in another pan and cook chicken for 15 minutes on a slow flame.You can directly cook in a pan . No need to add oil in the pan.

STEP 6 – Remove the lid and cook till mint gravy binds with the chicken well.

STEP 7 – Remove from the heat and serve.

                              Serve this minty chicken with hot rice or chapatti. If you like the recipe please don’t forget to comment.
   

           NOTE: I want to make the recipe fast so I first grilled the pieces and then put in the pan covered       without oil and cooked again.