Charsi chicken karahi
An easy, simple, but flavorful recipe. This chicken karahi is only made with five ingredients, but it’s so flavorful that you will make it again and again.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Karahi or wok
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken 1 whole chicken, cut into 16 pieces.
- 1 cup oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 4-5 large tomatoes cut into halves.
Garnish
- 1 inch ginger thinly sliced
- 2-3 green chilies
Instructions
Fry the chicken
- Heat oil in a Karahi.
- Add chicken and cook it until it’s light golden brown.
- At this point, you can remove most of the oil and leave as much as you like.
Make masala
- Cut tomatoes into halves and add to the chicken.
- Add green chilies and salt. Mix and cover it.
- Cook on medium-low heat until tomatoes are softened. It will take about 10 minutes.
- Remove the skin from tomatoes and break them down with a wooden spoon to make gravy.
- Once the oil separates from the masala, add freshly ground black pepper.
- Garnish with sliced ginger and green chilies.
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Notes
After frying the chicken remove any access oil and then add rest of the spices.
Green chilies are optional, you can add more or don't add at all.