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pakistani chicken karahi

Chicken Karahi Recipe

Chicken Karahi is a restaurant-style Pakistani karahi that is prepared with chicken, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chilies, and freshly ground spices.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, Pakistani
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg chicken
  • 2 tsp red chili flakes
  • ½ tsp red chili powder
  • ¾ cup yogurt
  • 200 gram onion
  • 1 tbsp minced ginger, garlic, and green chili
  • ¾ cup tomato puree
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp crushed peppercorns
  • 1 cup cooking oil
  • 2 tsp salt or to taste
  • 1 tsp mix spices (garam masala)
  • ¼ tsp dried fenugreek leaves powder
  • 1 & ½ tsp crushed coriander seeds

Instructions
 

Preparation for Karahi

  • Prepare tomato puree. If you want to include the onions, fry them till golden brown color and set them aside.
    tomato puree, fried onions, and yoghurt
  • Mince fresh green chilies, ginger, and garlic.
    Minced fresh green chilies, ginger, and garlic
  • Grind the spices at the time of cooking. Use of freshly ground spices is an essential step for karahi.
    freshly groung spices
  • Take the chicken meat and make karahi-cuts. Wash the meat in running water to clean it. Do not immerse it in water.
    cuts of chicken meat for karahi
  • Take a mixing bowl. Combine tomato puree (prepared at home), yogurt, fried onions, minced ginger, garlic, and green chilies, salt, red chili powder, mix spices (garam masala), red chili flakes, turmeric, coriander seeds (crushed into halves), crushed peppercorn, and dried fenugreek leaves (qosuri methi).
    mixing of all the karahi ingredients
  • Mix all the ingredients well to prepare a consistent mixture.
    preparing a consistant marinade for chicken
  • When a consistent mixture is ready, add chicken cuts to it and make sure that the chicken has been coated well. Now keep it aside for at least one hour.
    coating chicken with the marinade

Making the Chicken Karahi

  • Now pour cooking oil or ghee into the karahi or wok. Put the marinated chicken into the wok.
    putting the marinated chicken into the karahi
  • Initially, the chicken will leave its water. Cook on medium flame and do not cover the pan. Stir casually as needed to make sure it doesn’t stick to the edges and bottom of the pan.
    Cook it till the water in the curry gets dried and it starts releasing oil around the edges. It will take 15 to 20 minutes to be cooked through.
    cooking the chicken in a karahi on a medium flame
  • Now the yummy and spicy chicken karahi is ready to serve. Garnish it with julienned ginger and green chili slices. Serve it hot with tandoori naan or chapati.
    chicken karahi dish is ready to serve

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Notes

In this recipe, I’ve used 1kg chicken. Make adjustments for the quantities of tomatoes, spices, and oil as per the weight of the chicken you use.
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