chatak chutney wala murgh for busy days

Last week with no recipe in my mind I thought of preparing chicken curry as had to take Advay for swimming class I thought of preparing the curry in the morning,one look in the fridge and I knew what would be the experimenting ingredient :-) dhania chutney which is there most of the time in my fridge ,this one is very simple curry tastes great with chapathi and some salad on the side

Recipe name chatak chutney wala murgh
recipe source kitchen experiment 
ingredient for the marination 
chicken pieces 300gm
grated ginger garlic two tbsp
salt as per taste
dhania chutney two tbsp
curd three tbsp
turmeric half tsp
red chili powder one fourth tsp
coriander powder half stp
ingredient for tempering/chauk/tadka
oil one tbsp
cumin seeds one tsp
bay leaves crushed two
green cardamom two crushed
cinnamon crushed half inch
mace one blade crushed
onion two chopped
preparation
In a mixing bowl mix the above ingredient ,cover and keep aside.
procedure
heat oil in non stick wok ,once the oil is hot lower the flame and add the dried seeds listed above
once the seeds start spluttering add sliced onion and keep stirring till the onions become brown
add the marinated chicken pieces fry for two minutes and cover and cook for 20 minutes
in those minutes prepare rice,chapati or clean the dishes thats what I normally do :-)
after 20 mins transfer the content to a pressure cooker and pressure for one or two whistle till its done
serve warm with chapati or rice .
since we had this curry in the evening ,reheated the curry and had with chapathi ,

That's all friends wish you all great week ahead
take care and happy blogging.

Ghar wala Chicken curry ,Barish wala chai pakoda or Mallika ka Miss Masala

How do you feel when you go to library and see book of someone whom u know staring back at you  from the rack waiting to be picked up,no guys i am not talking about Sanjeev Kapoor or Tarla Dalal,i am  talking about our very own Mallika Basu of Quick Indian Cooking ,since the day i have started blogging i have been following her blog ;-) I am in luv with her writing and her simple and yum recipes .So today when i saw Miss Masala in the indian cook book section together with other known food authors i felt so good,i ahve just turned few pages ,book is awesome ,just looking at it made me feel so good u guys can imagine,...:-)

Coming back to todays post two days back prepared this simple chicken curry ,this recipe is very simple guys and takes hardly half an hour to prepare,while chopping onions and tomatoes i didnt ahd any recipe in my mind,i just wanted to prepare some chicken curry with rice,..and i am so happy that i didnt try anything fancy for this recipe,..:-) or it wouldnt have tasted that yum i know,..;-) while eating this i missed my sisters as this chicken curry reminded me of the sunday meal during our childhood days,.:-)

Recipe name ghar wala chicken curry
Ingredient
chicken pieces 250gm
green chili one finely chopped
garlic clove two (thick one)
ginger one inch finely chopped
onion four chopped
tomato one chopped
mdh chicken masala two tbsp
salt as per taste
oil to cook
bay leaves two crushed
cumin seeds one tsp
dried red chili two
black cardamom two
black pepper two
Procedure
In a non stick wok heat one tbsp oil
lower the flame and add chopped ginger ,garlic and green chili
keep frying add onions and fry till the onions are done
now add tomatoes ,salt and chicken masala mix everything together
keep stirring till oil is seen along the sides
now add chicken and fry for five minutes
remove from flame and keep aside
In a pressure cooker heat haf tsp of oil
add cumin seeds,bay leaves,dried red chili,black pepper and cardamom
once it starts spluttering lower the flame and fried chicken
mix everything together ,add hlaf cup of water
and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles.
Serve hot with rice,..;-)

Platter of Onion fritters with tea is off for Anitas Event  Lets have a Tea Party Recipe of onion bhaji is blogged here
Recipe of cardamom tea blogged here
Platter of chicken curry with rice is off for FoodeliciousKids Delights event
enjoy the weekend frens ,cee you all soon happy blogging,,;-)