Chicken Madras
Easy Chicken Madras Recipe with tender chicken pieces cooked in homemade Madras curry sauce.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 294kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cloves Garlic ( finely grated or chopped )
- 1 tbsp Ginger ( finely grated or ginger paste )
- 3 Shallot ( or onions, finely chopped )
- 2-3 tbsp Tomato puree ( or tomato concentrate )
- 2 tbsp Oil ( vegetable oil or neutral flavour oil )
- 2 tbsp Ghee ( ghee or unsalted butter )
- 1 tsp Salt ( or add salt according to taste )
- 1 tsp Dried fenugreek leaves ( Kasuri methi )
- Coriander ( to serve and garnish )
- 1½ cup Water ( suggest to add warm water, add more water if needed )
Chicken & Marinade
- 1 lb Chicken breast ( 450 g, boneless chicken thigh or breast )
- ½ tsp Turmeric
- ½ tsp Paprika
- ½ tsp Curry powder ( Madras curry powder or garam masala )
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cooking oil
Spices
- 1 tsp Madras curry powder ( or hot curry powder )
- 1 tsp Paprika powder ( or Kashmiri chilli powder )
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds ( jeera seeds )
- 1 Cinnamon stick ( optional )
- ½ tsp Turmeric
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breast into medium bite size pieces. Mix the chicken pieces well with turmeric, paprika, curry powder, salt and oil. Let it sit aside and marinade for 10-15 minutes.
- Gather all the spices, finely chop and grate the shallots, garlic, ginger and coriander.
- In a large pan, heat the oil and ghee over medium-high heat. Saute' the cumin seeds and cinnamon stick for few seconds.
- Add the chopped shallots and stir until translucent then follow with the garlic and ginger paste.
- Stir continuously, until shallots are light brown. Then place the chicken pieces, turmeric, paprika and curry powder, and stir for 1 minute.
- Follow with the tomato puree and pour the warm water in. Stir well until all the ingredients are combine evenly.
- Crush the dried fenugreek in hand and sprinkle over the chicken. Close the lid and cook with low heat for 8-10 minutes until the meat is tender.
- Add salt to taste. ( Make a taste test and adjust salt according to your taste. If the gravy is too thick, add a bit more water to your preference consistency. ) Turn off the heat and transfer to serving plate.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with basmati rice or naan.
Nutrition
Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 1011mg | Potassium: 558mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 106IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
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