Easy, four step chicken curry with fried onions.

This recipe is great for the days when you don't want to spend much time standing in the kitchen. It can be made in 2- 3 short trips to the kitchen so you can enjoy blogging/browsing etc on the side :). It becomes really easy to mix everything together, keep it for a while and let it  cook on its own and the result?...  out of this world!.  Believe me, you would want to make it again and again!   A little twist from the tradition style of cooking but worth a try!

Ingredients

For marinate

Marinated chicken

Chicken - 10-12 pieces
Yogurt- 1 cup
Store bought fried onions(or homemade) - 4-5 tablespoons
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tablespoon each
Coriander powder- 1 1/2 tablespoon
Red chili powder - 1 teaspoon or to taste
Turmeric powder- 1/2 teaspoon
Big cardamom- 1
Garam masala powder- 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste

For the curry

2 big tomatoes - blanched and chopped

few more minutes

Method

Step 1.
Mix all the ingredients of the marinate, add the chicken and marinate for atleast 2 hours(longer the better) in the fridge.

Step 2.
Heat oil in a pan and saute the chicken pieces for few minutes(don't discard rest of the marinade)

Step 3.
Add the rest of the marinade, cover and cook till chicken is half done. Keep stirring in between.

Step 4.
Add the tomatoes, cover and cook till done and oil starts separating. You can add water later to get the desired consistency.

Check the salt and serve hot  with roti or rice.

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Boiled Peanut Salad

BOILED PEANUT SALAD

Being from north India, I had never had boiled peanuts until I went to Chennai. Had them for the first time at a Chennai beach from a thelewala and they instantly became my new favorite! they were in shells which were even tastier.  Since then I boil these raw peanuts (without shells) you get in Indian grocery store  every now and then and make a salad. I have also heard that  boiled peanuts are the healthiest way to eat peanuts. Mmm ...tasty, healthy and so addictive!


I recently came to know that boiled peanuts (the original green ones boiled in shells) are a very popular snack in Southern US too...and they are even sold on stands by the roadside..how exciting is that?! Will try to find some when I visit next!

Though peanuts have nuts in their name, they are in fact legumes and hence this goes as an entry to  the popular My Legume Love Affair, a brainchild of Susan of  'The Well Seasoned Cook'  hosted this month by Siri of Siri's corner.

Here goes the recipe for boiled peanut salad...

Ingredients

Raw Peanuts - I cup
Onion - 2 tablespoons (chopped finely)
Tomato- 2 tablespoons (chopped finely)
Green chili - 1 or 2 (chopped finely)
Fresh lemon juice- 1 teaspoon or to taste
Salt- to taste

Method

Soak the peanuts for at least 2- 3 hours
Boil the soaked peanuts till done- (I  pressure cook till 3 whistles)
Drain and let them cool
Now add onion, tomato, green chili,lemon and salt
Enjoy!

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