Here is a recipe to a very easy Indian-style, one-pot, chicken curry. It requires only a few spices and coconut milk. It is a spicy and fragrant dish that can served with hot white rice or jeera rice or it can be served as a side dish for rotis. I call this one-pot chicken curry is because you do not require to make a spice mix or temper spices or make a spice mix masala for the curry base. Just add all the ingredients one after the other in to a pot/kadai and let them cook!
The curry base is made with coconut milk along with a few spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cumin, bay leaf, and star anise. Along with chili powder, I add a couple of green chilis to kick up the heat a little bit. You can either use freshly extracted coconut milk or store bought coconut milk. The quantity of coconut milk that you add does not really matter. If you need a lot of curry or if you are going to serve this dish with rice add a more coconut milk. Tomato puree is used to make this chicken. It imparts quiet a creamy texture when combined with coconut milk.
I have provided very detailed instructions and it very easy to follow. Try out this Easy Indian-style One-pot Chicken Curry and let me know how it turned out.
Happy cooking!!
Easy Indian-style One-pot Chicken Curry
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 1 large Onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- 6 Green cardamom
- 7 Cloves
- 1 Star anise
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 large Tomato pureed
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp chili powder or as needed
- 3 tbsp oil or as needed
- 13.5 oz coconut milk or 400 ml coconut store bought or freshly extracted. Add more if you need more curry.
- 2 green chilis slit
- a handful of cilantro leaves for garnish
- salt as needed
Instructions
- Clean and wash your chicken
- Finely chop one large onion and puree one large tomato
- Heat oil in a large pan/kadai on medium high heat
- Add cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, and star anise. Let the spices crackle in the oil and release it aroma
- Now add the the finely chopped onion and sauté until golden brown
- Add turmeric powder and chili powder. Give everything a good mix and sauté for at least a minute
- Now add tomato puree and stir. Reduce the heat medium low. Let the tomato puree thicken up
- Add the chicken to the kadai once the tomato puree thickens up. Give it a good stir
- Now add the coconut milk, a warm cup of water, and salt (as needed)
- Give the contents of the pot a good stir and give it a taste.
- Now add the slit green chilis
- Increase the heat to medium-high and wait for the curry to boil
- Now reduce the heat to medium-low and partially close the kadai and let the chicken cook. Stir occasionally.
- Once the chicken has cooked, garnish the curry with fresh cilantro leaves.
- Serve hot with jeera rice, white rice or rotis
Direction with pictures
1.Clean and wash your chicken
2. Finely chop one large onion and puree one large tomato
3. Heat oil in a large pan/kadai on medium high heat
4. Add cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, and star anise. Let the spices crackle in the oil and release its aroma
5. Now add the the finely chopped onion and sauté until golden brown
6. Add turmeric powder and chili powder. Give everything a good mix and sauté for at least a minute
7. Now add tomato puree and stir. Reduce the heat medium low. Let the tomato puree thicken up
8. Add the chicken to the kadai once the tomato puree thickens up. Give it a good stir
9. Now add the coconut milk, a warm cup of water, and salt (as needed)
10. Give the contents of the pot a good stir and give it a taste.
11. Now add the slit green chilis
12. Increase the heat to medium-high and wait for the curry to boil
13. Now reduce the heat to medium-low and partially close the kadai and let the chicken cook. Stir occasionally.
14. Once the chicken has cooked, garnish the curry with fresh cilantro leaves.
15. Serve hot with jeera rice or white rice or rotis.
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Oh wow – you make it look so simple! Can’t wait to try at home
Delicious😋✨
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it with your family!!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I love your pictures also. My kids love Indian cuisine and I know they will love this dish. I’ll be following your other recipes as well.
Looks yummy!
Youre a uni students savior!