Quick Chicken Curry

Ingredients

  • Chicken – 1 kg
  • Onions – 4-5
  • Tomatoes – 4-5
  • Ginger/Garlic paste – 2 tsp
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Garam Masala – everything that you got
  • Haldi (Turmeric powder) – 1 tsp
  • Lal Mirch (Red chilli) powder- 1 tsp
  • Dhania (Coriander powder) – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp
  • Green chilly (if required)
  • Badam (Almonds) – 7-8 soaked and grounded as paste
  • Hara Dhania (Fresh coriander leaves) to garnish

Procedure

  • Chop Onions and Tomatoes fine
  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add all the garam masala
  • Add Onion, Ginger Garlic paste and tomatoes and fry a little (No need to cook them well yet)
  • Add Haldi, Lal Mirch Powder, Dhania and Salt
  • Add Chicken and a half a cup of water, if required
  • Close the cooker lid and cook for three whistles
  • Wait a while and open the lid
  • Cook on low flame, keep mixing carefully till the water dries off to the required consistency
  • Add the Badam paste and mix – use a dry paste if you don’t have it soaked
  • Serve garnished with hara dhania

Credit: Ramita Mishra