JHATPAT CHATPAT- FOR QUICK, EASY AND TASTY RECIPES

This is a famous north Indian dish and the main ingredient that makes this dish tasty is capsicum. I used to order either kadai paneer or kadai chicken whenever I would visit any restaurant because I just love the taste. But the best kadai chicken I ever tasted was at a party at a friend’s place. Before I could finish my dinner, I had taken the recipe from her. It turns out to be yummy. {I think I had finished most of the kadai chicken at her place that day }
Time taken: 40 minutes
Serves about 4 people
Ingredients used:
1 pound chicken breasts (cut into small chunks)
2 medium sized onions chopped
1 large tomato chopped
1 medium sized capsicum (green pepper)chopped
2 Tsp tomato puree
1 tsp ginger & garlic paste
1 Tsp coriander powder (dhaniya powder)
1 tsp garam masala powder
2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp chicken curry powder (optional)
3 cloves
½ inch cinnamon stick
2 whole green elaichi
3 to 4 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
2 Tsp kasuri methi
½ a cup sour cream
1 Tsp honey
salt to taste
4 Tsp oil
Method of preparation:
Dry roast the cloves, cinnamon, elaichi, and the peppercorns and grind it to a fine powder. In a nonstick kadai, add the oil. Once it heats up add the bay leaves and the powdered ingredients and fry for about a minute. Now add the chopped onions and the ginger&garlic paste and fry till the onions turn pink. Now add the tomato puree, chopped tomatoes and capsicum and fry till the capsicum is cooked. Now add the red chilli powder, dhaniya powder and chicken curry powder and fry for about 2 minutes. By now this mixture would have left oil at the sides. Now add the chicken pieces and fry for about a minute. Close the kadai with a lid and cook on a low flame till the chicken cooks. The time taken for the chicken to cook depends upon how big the chicken pieces are, so its better to cut it into very small bite size pieces. Once the chicken is cooked add kasuri methi, sour cream and honey and mix. Once it starts boiling add salt, Just before switching the gas off add the garam masala and mix. Chicken kadai is ready, savor it with basmati rice or nan or rotis. Kadai paneer can also be prepared in the same manner but add the paneer at the end, else it might break.