Pepper chicken
Pepper chicken is a dish featuring succulent pieces of chicken cooked in a spiced, peppery gravy. This South Indian dish showcases the bold flavours of black pepper, combined with a medley of spices, onions and tomatoes. It pairs well with rice, appam, idiyappam, dosa or bread.
Ingredients
- 500 grams of chicken bone in cleaned and cut into pieces
- 2 onions thinly sliced
- 1 tomato
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp fennel powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp chicken masala (optional)
- 1 ½ tbsp pepper powder adjust to taste
- Salt
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- A few curry leaves
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add chopped onions, salt and sauté until they become golden brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté for another 2-3 minutes until the raw smell disappears.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until they become soft.
- Add all spice powders. Mix well and cook for a few minutes until the raw smell of the spices disappears.
- Add the cleaned and cut chicken pieces and salt. Mix well to coat the chicken pieces evenly with the spices.
- Cover the pan and let the chicken cook on medium heat. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom. Cook until the chicken is almost done.
- Take the lid off and continue cooking on low flame until the chicken is fully cooked and the masala has coated the chicken pieces well.
- Drizzle coconut oil and add a few curry leaves.
- Enjoy the pepper chicken!