Chicken Vindaloo Recipe

(North Indian Chicken Recipe)

Chicken Vindaloo Ingredients:

• 500g chicken (cut into small pieces)
• 1 onion (finely sliced)
• 2 green chillies (slit into half)
• 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 bay leaf
• 2 cardamoms
• 2 tbsp oil

Marinate Ingredients:

• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 3 red chillies or to taste
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp peppercorns
• 2 cloves
• 1" cinnamon stick

Paste Ingredients:

• 1" ginger piece
• 4 garlic flakes
• ½ tsp turmeric powder

Chicken Vindaloo Preparation:

• Dry roast all the marinade ingredients till you get a nice aroma.
• Make a paste with paste ingredients and roasted marinade ingredients.
• Rub the paste with chicken pieces.
• Allow it to marinate for 2 hours.
• Heat a pan with oil and add bay leaf, cardamom and sauté for few sec.
• Add onions and roast till they turn into golden yellow colour.
• Now add green chillies, salt and marinated chicken pieces and roast on medium flame till they turn into light brown colour.
• Add 2-3 cups of water and close with a lid and cook on low flame till the chicken pieces are completely tenderised.
• Then add tamarind pulp, vinegar, sugar and cook for few more mins.
• Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice, paratha or naan.

Prep.time&cooking time: 2-2.5 hrs

Serves: 3-4