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Chicken Masala Recipe with Step by Step pictures. Spicy and flavourful chicken masala with fresh spices, onion and tomato masala. This chicken masala has a thin layer of oil floating on top and goes well with rice or roti.
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1.Ingredients for Chicken Masala
2.How to Make Chicken Masala
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4.Chicken Masala Recipe | Masala Chicken Recipe
5.Chicken Masala Step by Step
Chicken Masala Recipe
We buy chicken at least once or twice in a week. Each time i make it different ways. Most of the time it will be a curry, a roast kind of dish and a fried chicken dish..Sometimes i make it thick and masala like, so it goes well with chapati or paratha.
I make masala chicken dish two ways one with coconut and other without coconut. This recipe is using coconut and i will share the other version soon.
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Ingredients for Chicken Masala
- Chicken - 500 grams
- Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
- Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
- Green Chillies - 2 slit
- Curry leaves a handful
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
- Coriander powder - 2 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Coriander leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
- For Grinding:
- Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 2 tblspn
- Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 4 cm piece
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
How to Make Chicken Masala
- Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside till use.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions, chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- In goes salt and all the spice powders. Mix well for 30 sec.
- Add in finely chopped tomatoes and saute for 5 to 7 mins till the tomatoes turn mushy.
- Add in the chicken pieces and toss well with the masala.
- Now cover the pressure cooker, cook for 3 whistle. Simmer the pan for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let them steam go all by itself.
- Open the cooker and transfer this curry to a pot.
- Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cover this and Boil this for 10 mins or so till the curry thickens like a masala.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve over rice.
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Chicken Masala Recipe | Masala Chicken Recipe
Chicken Masala Recipe with Step by Step pictures. Spicy and flavourful chicken masala with fresh spices, onion and tomato masala. This chicken masala has a thin layer of oil floating on top and goes well with rice or roti.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- Chicken - 500 grams
- Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
- Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
- Green Chillies - 2 slit
- Curry leaves a handful
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
- Coriander powder - 2 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Coriander leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
- For Grinding:
- Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 2 tblspn
- Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 4 cm piece
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
Instructions
Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside till use.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions, chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn golden.
Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
In goes salt and all the spice powders. Mix well for 30 sec.
Add in finely chopped tomatoes and saute for 5 to 7 mins till the tomatoes turn mushy.
Add in the chicken pieces and toss well with the masala.
Now cover the pressure cooker, cook for 3 whistle. Simmer the pan for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let them steam go all by itself.
Open the cooker and transfer this curry to a pot.
Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cover this and Boil this for 10 mins or so till the curry thickens like a masala.
Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve over rice.
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Chicken Masala Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Ingredients for grinding |
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| Take them in a blender |
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| Make it into a smooth puree |
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| Heat oil in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in onions, curry leaves and green chillies |
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| Saute till it gets golden |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| Spice powders |
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| Mix well |
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| Add in chopped tomatoes |
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| saute well |
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| Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy |
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| Add in chicken |
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| Mix well with the masala |
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| Cover and pressure cook |
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| Chicken is done |
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| Now transfer this to a kadai. |
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| Add in the ground coconut masala |
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| Mix well |
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| Bring this to a boil |
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| cover and simmer |
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| Now the masala is thick |
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| add coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!
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sindhuja
Got to try tis today...
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Catherine
Oh my goodness, that looks just perfect!
Blessings, Catherine.
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sh*tal
Nice
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Anonymous
Any replacement for poppy seeds?
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Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can use cashews instead of poppyseeds
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Priya
Aarthi can't thank you enough for all your wonderful recipes. Your baby food recipes are awesome too . Waiting for more recipes. Maha looks so cute. Can you plz tell me what capacity pressure cooker do you use generally in these recipes as well as the baby food ones .. 3l or more? The one shown in the above recipe looks nice and handy.
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Aarthi
@PriyaIt is 2 liter
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Anonymous
Can we use the dabur coconut milk instead of fresh coconut ? Will the taste vary alot fron the original?
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Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use..
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shoba
Hi aarthi, I don't have poppy seeds, can I replace with cashew nuts?
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Aarthi
@shobayes u can
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sutapa Purkayastha
Looking very delicious preparation .
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mytastyadventures
I made this today and it tastes amazing! Do uou mind if I share it on the blog I have in Polish? thanks
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shilpa
I have noticed that the oil content in all your recipes are quite high. Are you not concerned with the ill effects of using too much oil in cooking? Could you please post healthy recipies with low fat content?
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Rahul Thacker MD
Shilpa,
Less oil is not always healthy! Its the carbohydrates that gets you in the end. Thanks Aarthi for all wonderful recipes.Reply
Kavi Suresh
Hi I was seeing ur recipes. .....today 1St trying diz 1 it came out very well thanx
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Jewel Rose
@Shilpa, regarding the oil, this recipe calls for 2 tbsps. Not a lot for traditional Indian food! Plus you can always adjust to your liking. You sound like you are admonishing Aarthi! This is her blog Shilpa. Be nice! @ Aarthi, thank you for this awesome recipe. Have a question. Is there a specific need to transfer from the cooker to a pot to put the coconut masala? Can you just continue in the cooker? Thank you so much.
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Anonymous
Do we have to add water in the pressure cooker? and if so how much?
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Aarthi
no need to add, it will cook in its own liquid.
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Zach Ezung
I ve to try this recipe....
Will be anxiously waiting for the next recipe__(without coconut)
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Anonymous
Looks great.can you tell howomuch of the fresh coconut in ml
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Radhika
Hi Aarti, i tried ur receipe....it was very delicious
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Michael Khor
Step by step with photos, best way to show how its done. Thank you.
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Samia
Hi is there a way I can skip coconut in this recipe??what could be the replacement??
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Anonymous
Giving a whistle to the chicken in pressure cooker boils the chicken and makes it fluffy. Try instead to just cover it and cook, the chicken will be more tasty!
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Rupa
Can we add water since the gravy bcm very thick.
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Aarthi
yes u can
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Harika
How much time in pressure cooker .
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Dona De Vera
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes in a very simple way, for us to easy to follow. I can now cook most of my favorite indian dishes. Thank you so much Madame.
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