Quick Chicken Keema Matar Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a rich and aromatic dish cooked with ground chicken, peas and with lots of spices.
Chicken Keema Matar
I made this for lunch one day as a quick side dish for rasam rice. I had some leftover and used that to make a baked chicken samosa, will be sharing it soon. This recipe is easy to make and you can either make it gravy or dry as you like.
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Ingredients for Quick Chicken Keema Matar
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1.5 tsp
- Onion - 1 large chopped finely
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
- Green Chillies - 2 chopped finely
- Tomatoes - 2 large chopped finely or pureed
- Green Peas - 1.5 cup ( I used frozen)
- Minced Chicken - 500 grams
- Chilli powder - 2 tsp
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1.5 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder - 1.5 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
- Water if needed
How to Make Quick Chicken Keema Matar
- Heat oil in a pan, add in cumin and let it sizzle.
- Add in onions, chillies and salt. Saute till golden.
- Then add in ginger garlic paste and cook for couple of mins.
- Add in spice powders and mix well.
- Now add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
- Add in chicken and keep frying to break them up.
- Now cook this for 8 to 10 mins till chicken is done.
- Now add in peas and cook for couple of mins.
- Add in coriander leaves and serve.
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Quick Chicken Keema Matar Recipe
Ingredients
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1.5 tsp
- Onion - 1 large chopped finely
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Green Chillies - 2 chopped finely
- Tomatoes - 2 large chopped finely or pureed
- Green Peas - 1.5 cup I used frozen
- Minced Chicken - 500 grams
- Chilli powder - 2 tsp
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1.5 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder - 1.5 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
- Water if needed
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan, add in cumin and let it sizzle.
- Add in onions, chillies and salt. Saute till golden.
- Then add in ginger garlic paste and cook for couple of mins.
- Add in spice powders and mix well.
- Now add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
- Add in chicken and keep frying to break them up.
- Now cook this for 8 to 10 mins till chicken is done.
- Now add in peas and cook for couple of mins.
- Add in coriander leaves and serve.
Chicken Keema Matar Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Heat little oil in a pan, add in cumin seeds |
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| let them sizzle |
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| add in chopped onions and chillies |
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| season with salt |
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| mix well |
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| add in some ginger garlic paste |
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| mix that well |
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| now add in all the spice powders |
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| mix well |
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| add in tomato puree..You can add chopped tomatoes as well |
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| cook till oil leaves the sides |
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| add in minced chicken or chicken keema |
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| stir that with the masala |
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| you have to cook this till chicken is done.. It will take around 8 to 10 mins.. I made it dry, if you want gravy, add little water at this stage |
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| now add in peas |
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| toss well and cook for few more mins.. Add coriander leaves and mix well |
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| Serve |
Reena N C
Very delicious
Reena N C
Very delicious
Mahek
I am planning on making this soon Thanks..how do you wash your mince . ..??
Aarthi
@Mahekput it in a fine mesh sieve and wash
Anjali
very easy and very tastee....
shamine
I am planning to make this today , how do you make it very spicy and i do not want to make it very dry . what should i do
Aarthi
Add more chillies and some water.
Sushmitha
Mam for thisreceipe we have to grind chicken to a thin paste or cut into slices???
Aarthi
You have to use ground chicken
LORRAINE Michelle Hougham
Is there any nutritional information please?