Pepper Chicken

Name: Pepper Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 400 gm Chicken; 3 tbsps Oil; 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds; 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 leaves Curry; 2 Onion (finely chopped); 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 1 tsp Chilly Powder; 1 Tomato (finely chopped); 1/2 tsp Garam Masala; a leaves Coriander (finely chopped); 1-2 tsp Salt (or as per taste); Water (as required); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (or grinding for grinding); 1 tsp Coriander Seeds; 1/2 tsp Black Peppercorns; 3 tsp Black Peppercorns (grind coarsely separately keep aside)

Akum Raj Jamir

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South Indian

About Pepper Chicken

Pepper Chicken is from the chettinad cuisine. It is an aromatic and slight hot and spicy dish. The main hero in this dish is the peppercorns and the freshly grounded spices makes the dish more flavorful and aromatic. It is simple and easy to prepare with just few basic ingredients which are easily available in our kitchen.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Served AsDinner Lunch

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 3

Ingredients

▢ 400 gm Chicken
▢ 3 tbsps Oil
▢ 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
▢ 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
▢ 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
▢ 1 leaves Curry
▢ 2 Onion finely chopped
▢ 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
▢ 1 tsp Chilly Powder
▢ 1 Tomato finely chopped
▢ 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
▢ a leaves Coriander finely chopped
▢ 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste
▢ Water as required
▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds or grinding for grinding
▢ 1 tsp Coriander Seeds
▢ 1/2 tsp Black Peppercorns
▢ 3 tsp Black Peppercorns grind coarsely separately keep aside

Instructions

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Grind the 3 ingredients mentioned in the grinding list to fine powder. keep aside.
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Heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and fry for a min. Add onions and fry until onions turn light brown. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for a min.
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Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, grounded masala powder and saute for two mins. Now add the tomatoes and fry till it turns mushy.
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Add salt and some water, mix well and bring to boil for 2-3 mins. Now add the chicken, mix well, cover the pan with lid and continue to cook in low medium heat for around 10 mins. Add the Garam masala powder and mix well and cook for around 5 mins.
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Add the grounded black peppercorns and chopped coriander leaves, give a quick stir and take off the flame.

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Akum Raj Jamir

A foodie and a passionate cook. Loves everything about food. I love experimenting with food in my kitchen and develop new recipes.

4 Comments

Sreeju Premarajan

August 30, 2023 / 4:39 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so appetizing! Thank you for posting.
Sanju Zen

September 14, 2021 / 4:30 pm Log in to Reply

This is perfect! Can’t wait to taste it.
abhishek

March 17, 2021 / 8:49 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so yummy! Excited to make it.
Gaurav monga

July 22, 2019 / 5:33 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so good! Appreciate the share.