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Spicy Red Chicken Curry Recipe

Spicy Indian red chicken curry is a rich, colorful and flavourful dish made with chicken, spices, curd, garlic and kashmiri red chilli. The chicken pieces are marinated with spices and slowly cooked in the red chilli garlic paste.
This curry has a beautiful and vibrant red color, which is full of flavour and less spicy. The red chicken curry pairs beautifully with roti, naan, parotta, pulav, biryani or even with hot steamed rice, which makes it perfect for lunch, dinner and special occasions. 
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
marination time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Lunch
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 341 kcal

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Cooking pot

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams Chicken
  • 4 tablespoon Oil
  • 2 large Onions peeled & sliced thinly
  • ¼ cup Coriander leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

For Marination

For Grinding

  • 15 no Dried Kashmiri Red Chillies
  • 6 cloves Garlic peeled

Instructions
 

  • Take chicken in a bowl, add all the marination ingredients into it and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 30 mins.
  • Take dry red chillies and garlic in a blender and puree till smooth.
  • Heat oil in a kadai. Add in onions and saute till golden. Now add in the chicken along with the marination and saute on high heat for 5 mins. Cover the kadai and cook on a low heat for 20 mins.
  • Now the chicken must be cooked, increase the heat and cook on high heat till the chicken is well seared and oil separates from this. It will take around 10 minutes.
  • Now add in ground chilli masala and mix well. Saute well for 10 more mins till raw smell leaves away. Add more water and simmer covered till oil floats on top.
  • Add in coriander leaves & lemon juice and mix well. Serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 341kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 15gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 87mgPotassium: 381mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 375IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 119mgIron: 2mg
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