Thursday 10 September 2015

MURG KALIMIRCH





I was thinking of the working women clan all this while, sitting idle with my books, music and tea. Will that woman who comes back home tired and exhausted think on my lines and say I love cooking? Even if they love doing it, they do not have the luxury to go ahead with an elaborate cooking spread on a weeknight which necessarily does not mean that they do not love their family. Let us not keep them under fire and ask a silly question... what comes first to you? The practical world do not expect a "Durga" at every home... all are humans.

Keeping all these factors on my mind, I prepared this simple black pepper chicken with minimal spices. Doing this I did not follow other black pepper chicken recipes already present in the internet. It was a kind of experiment for me using only onion, garlic paste, freshly ground black pepper and turmeric. I visualised a tired woman in the kitchen on a weekday night and proceeded. The curry was light and soupy, went very well with hot rotis. Served with rotis alongside a veggie or dal, its an excellent and easy weekday menu which will make your family happy. Let us see how we do it.



INGREDIENTS :

Chicken : 500gm
Onion : 2medium
Garlic Paste : 1tbsp
Lemon Juice : 4tbsp
Black Pepper Powder[freshly ground] : 1tbsp
Turmeric Powder : 1tsp
Salt : As required
Oil : 4tbsp

METHOD :

Wash the chicken thoroughly. Marinate with lemon juice, black pepper powder, half of the turmeric powder and salt as required. Keep aside for 1 hour.

Peel, wash and slice the onions. Heat oil in a wok. Fry the sliced onions till golden brown.

Add the garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes away. Add the rest of the turmeric powder and salt  as required. Stir for 1minute.

Add the marinated chicken with all the marinade. Stir and cover cook at medium to low heat till all the water dries up. We need to stir every 5 minutes.

Add 1 cup water and cover cook for another 8-10 minutes at medium to low heat.

Enjoy with any kind of Indian flat bread.





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