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Indian Peppery Chicken Recipe

Indian Peppery Chicken Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
  • 2½ cm fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 medium onions, finely sliced
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 1 green chilli, slit lengthways
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 500g chicken, cubed
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 225ml water
  • ½ teaspoon freshly milled black pepper
  • Sea salt such as Steenbergs traditional sun dried sea salt

Recipe for 4

Method

01
Pound the garlic and ginger to a fine paste in a pestle and mortar.
02
Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add onions, curry leaves and green chilli and cook until onions are brown.
03
Add the garlic-ginger paste and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
04
Add the coriander, turmeric and salt. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
05
Add the chicken to the frying pan, stir, add the water and garam masala.
06
Mix well, cover and cook for 25 minutes on a low heat. Stir the ground pepper into the mix.