This is actually the recipe for Punjabi Fish Curry. I have gone ahead and substituted the fish with chicken and it has turned out very well. You can use fish 250 gm instead of chicken for Punjabi Fish Curry if you so desire.
Ingredients:
- Chicken 250 gm
- Onion, chopped 1 large
- Tomatoes, puréed 3 small
- Curd ¼ cup
- Ginger garlic paste 1 to 2 tsp
- Chili powder 1 tsp
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Turmeric a pinch
- Salt to taste
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Fresh coriander, chopped 4-5 sprigs
Whole masala:
- Bay leaves 2
- Cardamoms 2
- Cloves 3
- Cinnamon 1 inch
Ground masala: Dry roast the following ingredients and grind to a fine powder.
- Cardamoms 2
- Cloves 2
- Cinnamon 1 inch
- Peppercorn ½ tsp
- Jeera/Cumin seeds ½ tsp
Method:
Clean and wash chicken. Heat oil and fry chopped onion along with ginger garlic paste for a little while. Grind to a fine paste. Cook the paste along with the whole masala till golden brown. Add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder, and salt to taste. Fry for a little while. Now add tomato purée and cook till the oil comes out. Add chicken pieces and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes. Then cook on slow flame for another 5 to 10 minutes. Make a parting in the center of the pan and add curd and ground masala. Slowly fold in the chicken pieces. Cook till the chicken is done. Garnish with chopped coriander.
Dear Rajiv,
I've been looking a long time for a good recipe for a chicken curry. I found loads but none really convinced me. Mainly spices are not used and if I cook indian foods I don't want to have an european taste
Your picture convinced me from the first secound on and so I'm trying my luck in cooking your meal.
What I'd really like to know: For how many persons is this meal? I'm guessing for two but I'm not sure. Means 250 gm chicken 250 gramms (half pound)?
Id be glad if you can complete my knowlede about this.
Best regards from germany.
Hi Nils,
1 pound is 0.453 kg or more aptly 453 grams so half pound would make approximately 250 grams. The measurements used in this recipe will be good for 2-3 people. I am sure the recipe will come out good since I have had firsthand experience of it. Take care and God bless!!!
nice and Spicy. i like it . so delicious dish
wa bai maza aa gia
Ha ha. Not yet hopefully. But I am putting on weight with my wife's wonderful cooking.
Thanks Sonalee,
Glad you liked it. Will pass it on to the wife.
Hi,
Thanks for visiting and trying out the recipe. Glad that you liked it and the blog too.
My name is Ash
There is way more than 1tbsp of oil in the meal above.
Thanks Ash. I checked with my wife and she says to use only 1 tbsp oil as the chicken itself will secrete fat content leading to more oil. Also, curd is used which will also give out oil.
this recipe is too good
Glad you liked it Firdous. Thanks for stopping by.
Great recipe!
I collect interesting recipes on my site (link above – unfortunally site in Russian). May I translate your recipe and add it to my site?
I am sure you will enjoy it. Have fun.
Easy and Tasty Recipe…
Glad you liked it Priya.
Sorry Joan, you're comment was labeled spam. Yeah you can go ahead and translate the recipe in Russian. Please give credit for the recipe to Grace…
Awesome Rajiv .I n my hus enjoyed it.thanks alot
Very glad you liked it Shruthi. I'll pass it on to my wife and to share more recipes.
Simple recipe, will check this.
Yes it is and it also comes out very well.
that's good
Thanks Nikitha.
We tried it and it was just spuperb with chapathis—
Ranjit it tastes best when served with chapathis. I've also had it with fried rice (mildly flavored puloa) and it was a great combo there too.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Hi Rajiv,
Imade it with boneless chicken, the flavour is great,thank you so much for great recipe.
Thanks Bharathi but all credit to my wife. Appreciate your taking the time to post the comment. Thanks.
this really sounds yummy
Hi Rajiv,
Tried so many recepies but it was all in vain.A BIG THANK YOU 2ur wife n u, for this recepie,we had a lovely dinner.The ingredients measurements,the method is just perfect.Yum chicken,awesome,gud flavour..gr8!!
Hi Preeti,
Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe and the dish so much. Unfortunately I cannot take credit for it so I will pass on your lovely words to my wife.
Thank you for taking the time to share.
Hi Surmala,
Indeed it is very delicious, do give it a try. I'm sure you will enjoy it.
hi rajiv a great thanks to u n ur wife. punjabi chicken was osam with sadha kulcha.my all family members liked that. just keep on trying new recipe n share it with us. thanks a lot
Hi Amrita,
Glad you liked it and you are welcome.
I must thank you, Rajiv. While making, I made judgement errors like less onion and more tomato, adding water to onion paste resulting in juicy paste, etc. Still, amazingly, the dish turned out to be superb. A real published recipe will factor in slight deviations in measurement of ingredients, cooking time etc. Other difficult recipes are normally kept to the heart of the chef.
Congrats for the recipe once again.
Glad you liked it.
By the way, do u have some Mediterranean recipe in chicken????
Let me check with the wife… if any I will be sure to post them!
Tried this today. Must admit I substituted the ground masala for garam masala (pre bought) but the result was excellent. Thank you very much!
You are welcome!
yummy………..
Nice and simple recipe. looks like you got plenty of positive respond, i am trying it out tonight.Thanks for sharing
Yeah, it does taste good. Please check it out and revert back.
Wow!!!! I just finished my chicken, and i was relishing the taste till the end. It is a big big hit. I loved it so much. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Glad you enjoyed it.
i am going to try this recipe today wish me luck
It is really yummy!! I just finished cooking it and it turned out amazing, all thanks to you. Be blessed for all the happy faces during the lunch due to your mouth watering dish!!
Glad you and your family enjoyed it.
If I was making this for 1 Kilo chicken – would I multiply everything by 4 to get the right ratio of ingredients?
trying new recipes is my hobby and d recipe given by u is a gud one rajiv.although i make it d same way evn b4 visiting ur site,i wil say its a gud recipe 2 share wid others.cum up wid sum new recipes further.bye
Hats off to you and ur wife for posting such an xcellent recipe of chicken.
I have got a very good appreciation from my friends when I prepared this dish for the first time.
Glad it worked for you!
the chicken came out awesum.., though i reduced the quantity of tomato and made it boneless..thanks to u and ur wife..keep positing such recipies…:)
Glad you liked it.
Very nice taste. Kudos to you. Really enjoyed te taste. It doesnt take much of efforts too
Glad you liked it Raman.