Karahi curry literally refers to any curry cooked in a karahi. Usually, Karahi is a tomato based curry with very few spices like ginger, garlic , green chillies and pepper. Usually, a karahi is made with lamb or chicken.
This Karahi is made from Chicken cooked in tomatoes and garlic. It takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and even less time to eat.
Ingredients:
2 Large Sized Chicken Breast Pieces.
1 Cup of OIL (usually Karahi takes a lot of oil to prepare)
1 Tablespoon of Zeera (Cumin seeds)
A few Curry Leaves
A few Green Chills
A 2 inch piece of Ginger
3 Tablespoons of Garlic paste
Following Spices:
1 Teaspoon of Salt (or as Taste)
Half Teaspoon of Haldi(turmeric) powder
one and a half tablespoons of Red Chili powder
Half KG of Tomatoes
A little bit of Fresh Coriander and some Green Chills.
--- RECIPE:
At 0:23 Take 2 Large Sized Chicken Breast pieces remove the muscles from the bones. Store the Leftovers for another Recipe:( Chicken Corn Soup: https://youtu.be/2EaUus8Y5oc )
AT 0:48 Cut the large pieces into small bite sized pieces
AT 2:12 Take about 1 cup of oil in any open round bottom Pan (karahi) and let it heat.
AT 2:28 When the oil gets hot add 1 Tablespoon of Zeera(Cumin Seeds) and a few Curry Leaves in it. Fry them for about 1 minute till they start making a cracking Sound.
AT 2:49 When The Cumin seeds are fried then add the previously cut Chicken from 0:48 to it.(BTW that's AZAN in the Background)
AT 3:00 Now the Chicken is completely white and it has released a lot of soup. Now turn up the flame to the level of oil in your pan, if the flame exceeds the level of oil than it will cause the pot to over heat and burn the chicken in it.
AT 3:30 Now you Can see that the Chicken Pieces have Shrunken and most of the soup has dried out, The Chicken is ready we wont Fry it till it gets Golden Brown.
AT 3:52 Add a few Green Chills to it. and cook it for about 2 minutes.
AT 4:11 After 2 minutes the green Chills are giving a very pleasant smell, Take a 2 inch piece of Ginger, cut ti in thin slices and add to the chicken and cook for 2 minutes.
AT 4:33 Add 3 Tablespoons of Garlic Paste to it.
Garlic Paste Recipe:
Take a few Cloves of Garlic and add about 1 tablespoon of Coriander powder and mash them in a mortar & pestle (Kundi-Danda / Langri Khootna) till you have a paste.
Now cook it for 2 minutes while constantly moving the spatula in it. otherwise it will stick to the base of the pan.
AT 5:28 After 2 minutes the color of Garlic has slightly Changed but not a lot. Don't cook it till it gets Brown. Otherwise it will have a very unpleasant taste.
AT 5:50 Add the following Spices:
1 Teaspoon of Salt (or as Taste)
Half Teaspoon of Turmeric/Haldi powder
1.5 Tablespoons of Red Chili Powder
AT 6:31 After 1 minute of cooking the red chills are cooked and its time to add the Tomatoes
You can add as much tomatoes as you like, (mama is adding about half KG of tomatoes) keep cooking the chicken and adding the tomatoes like 6:37 or you can just chop the tomatoes before and add them now (what ever you like). After that Cook them on full flame and DON'T cover them.
AT 10:11 After about for 5 minutes of cooking the tomatoes have completely turned in to a gravy and the karahi is ready. ENJOY.
