Chicken Dum

Chicken Dum

This chicken is cooked in dum.Dum means cooked inside closed lid pan or handi . Less oil is used and saves cooking time too.Use chicken leg or thigh as it tastes better.This is the most easiest way to cook chicken and hassle free cooking.If you mariante the chicken for longer the chicken cooks faster and is more delicious.In that case while marinating don't add salt,just before cooking add salt.

Ingredients

1. Chicken 500gm
2. Onion chopped-3
3. Ginger and garlic paste-1 spoon each
4. Red chilli powder-1 spoon
5. Green chilli paste-1 spoon
6. Turmeric powder-half spoon
7. Salt to taste
8. Sugar(Optional)
9. White oil or mustard oil for marination
10. Curd-half cup
11. Whole garam masala-few 
12. Few crushed garlic
13. Chopped coriander for garnish

Method

• Take a bowl and put the chicken pieces.
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• Now add all the ingredients.Add chopped onions,ginger garlic paste,green chilli paste,red chilli powder,turmeric powder,curd,oil,crushed garlic.Mix it very well and put in the fridge for an hour.
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• Now heat a pan and add 2 spoons of oil and add whole garam masala for tempering.Then add the marinated chicken and mix it well with the oil and cover and cook for some time.
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• Now add salt and cover and cook till the pieces are cooked and tender.The flame showed be medium.
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• Once the chicken is cooked ,you can increase the flame till the gravy is thick.garnish with coriander leaves.
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• This goes very well with Dry Fruit Pulao or Peas Pulao.
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Note-you can cook this in micro oven too.

Recipe by Chef Dimple