Chicken With Tomato Paste

Chicken With Tomato Paste

 

Chicken with Tomato Paste

Try boiling the chicken in the pan itself the taste seems to be better like this then when cooked in the cooker. Even boneless chicken can also be used. If you want it wet switch off once the chicken gets cooked you want it dry then fry it for some more time.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian, South
Keyword Chicken curry in tomato gravy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 3

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kg Chicken
  • 11/2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 3 Onions medium
  • 5 Tomatoes
  • 3/4 tsp Cumin Powder
  • 11/2 tsp Salt
  • 11/2 tsp Chili Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric
  • 3 Cloves
  • 4 small pieces Cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp Oil

Instructions

  1. First wash the chicken pieces and keep aside ( squeeze out the water from the chicken pieces.

  2. Now clean the onions and chop them into fine pieces. Clean the tomatoes and grind them into a paste and keep aside.

  3. Now take a pan add oil put the clove and cinnamon and add the onion pieces and fry till translucent now add ginger garlic paste salt, turmeric and chili powder and fry for 2 minutes. 

  4. Then add the chicken pieces and fry for 5 minutes and then add tomato paste and keep frying stirring in between. When the gravy has slightly browned add 1/2 a glass water and close the lid and cook till the chicken is boiled.

  5. If the chicken needs to boil more and the water has evaporated add some more water and keep cooking stirring in between till the chicken is cooked well. In the end add cumin powder and fry for another 2 minutes and switch off.

  6. Garnish with coriander leaves. If you cook the chicken in the cooker it only takes five minutes after the whistle.