Chicken Kali Mirch
Chicken Kali Mirch translates to "chicken with black pepper" in Hindi. Unlike other Indian chicken curries that are red and tomato-based, this one uses a white gravy made with onions, yogurt, cream (optional), and a generous amount of black pepper.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb Chicken (You can choose to use chicken with bones or boneless)
- 1 Red Onion
- ¼ cup Cashew
- ½ cup Yogurt
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 Green chili
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 tablespoon Oil
To Marinate the chicken
- 3 tablespoon Black pepper
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
Spices you need
- 1 Bay leaf
- 4 Green cardamoms
- ½ tablespoon Cumin seeds
- ½ tablespoon Fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds powder
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
Instructions
Marinating the chicken
- Using a motor pestle or a spice grinder, grind the black pepper and garlic with salt. Add that to the chicken pieces. Pour the lemon juice and mix it with the chicken pieces. Let the chicken marinade for minimum 4 hrs or overnight for best flavor.
Preparing the curry
- Soak the cashew in hot water and set aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Thinly slice the onion.
- To a hot pan, add 1 tablespoon ghee and oil. Add the bay leaves, green cardamoms, cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Let it sizzle for a few seconds.
- Scatter the onion along with soaked cashew and season with salt. Stir it around for 2 minutes to soften the onion.
- Add cumin powder, coriander powder and fennel powder. Stir and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Switch off the gas and let it cool down for 2 minutes. Carefully remove the bay leaves and blend the cooked onion and cashew to a paste like consistency.
- To the same pan now add 1 tablespoon ghee and cinnamon sticks. Stir it around and let it sizzle for a few seconds.
- Scatter the marinated chicken pieces and toss it all around. Let it cook for 2 minutes and then add the onion and cashew paste. Stir it around to mix everything.
- Pour enough hot water to make the gravy and let it simmer for 15 minutes.
- In a small cup or bowl, whisk yogurt with a little flour and after the chicken is cooked through, add it to the pan and mix it around. Let it simmer for 1 minute.
- Check for salt and add more if needed. Finish the dish by adding more freshly grated black pepper.
- Enjoy Chicken kali mirch with your choice of bread or rice.