Lemony Chicken Curry

If you are looking for a delicious chicken curry for this weekend, here’s the stop for your hunt. This chicken curry is named as ‘Lemony Chicken Curry’, as lemon has been kept the main ingredient for this recipe with 3 other basic ones that’s necessarily been added to most of the chicken recipes. Here’s the recipe that’s very simple and easy to prepare, and you don't need to wander anywhere because you've got the choice here. Try this simple, yet delicious ‘Lemony Chicken Curry’, which is so very perfect to combine with a bowl of hot steamed rice, fried rice or butter naan.

Lemony Chicken Curry is one of the comfort chicken curry for lunch or dinner. There are similar types of chicken recipes and often the traditional chicken curries are prepared in our kitchen on most of the weekends. But I’ve always tried out the traditional recipes into something new and prepared them with a little bit of twist.

Lemony Chicken Curry is very similar to the basic chicken curries. However it is less spicy as compared to the other chicken recipes and it has the tanginess of the lemon zest. The addition of scrapped lemon zest to Lemony Chicken Curry brings in a sour tangy taste to this recipe and I’ve also added sugar to balance the flavor in the recipe, so that the sour taste wouldn't take over the flavor of the meat.

Most often the chicken curries are preferred with bony chicken, and that’s why I’ve used chicken with bone for Lemony Chicken Curry. Moreover the boneless chicken are good for the tikka and kebab recipes, therefore bony chicken pieces is a good choice for this recipe as it tastes better than the boneless. Other ingredients are pretty simple and the basic ones are kept intact, keeping lemon as the key ingredient. What’s better way to prepare a Chicken Curry in about an hour time-frame, this recipe is the quick fix to most of our weekday chicken recipes as well, when you crave for the meat but do not get sufficient time for the preparation.

Hence, Lemony Chicken Curry would be a great choice for the weekday’s hush-bush, as well as for any other day for that matter, as the preparation is very easy and gives ample of time for the other activities rest of the day. Make your weekend the delicious way to treat for your family. Give it a try and let me know how you liked it. I’m sure people of all ages who love chicken would love Lemony Chicken Curry too.

[Non-Veg]

Lemony Chicken Curry

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: Indian/ fusion

Serves: 4

Measuring Items: 1 cup = 250 ml; Teaspoon

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1 kg (cut into medium sized pieces)
2. Onion- 5
3. Green chili- 5
4. Garlic- 1 whole
5. Lemon- 1

Spices:

1. Mustard oil- 1 cup
2. Turmeric powder- 2 tsp
3. Red mirchi powder- 4 tsp
4. Coriander powder- 1 tsp
5. Salt (as per the taste)
6. Sugar- 1 tsp

Method:
How to prepare ‘Lemony Chicken Curry’ with step by step pictures and instructions:

• To marinate chicken: Place the ingredients for marinating chicken in a small bowl. Marinate chicken with 1 tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp mirchi powder, salt, 4 tsp lemon juice and 2 tsp oil. Mix them all together and keep it for at least 30 minutes.
  
• Chop onions, slit green chilies, crush the garlic cloves.
  
• Scrap the lemon skin for lemon zest. A spoonful of lemon zest is enough to add flavor to the recipe.
  

Cooking Method:

1. Heat a large cooking wok, put 1 cup of mustard oil and warm it.
2. Once the oil is hot enough, start adding sliced onions and fry until they turn golden brown.
3. Now add green chili and garlic, sauté for 2 minutes.
   
4. Add the remaining spices (turmeric pwdr, mirchi pwdr, coriander pwdr, salt and sugar).
   
5. After seasoning for 2 minutes, add the marinated chicken pieces and the scrapped lemon zest into the wok.
6. Mix them well. Cover the lid and cook the chicken for 10-15 minutes (keep stirring in between with the cooking spade with medium to high heat).
7. Once the chicken is cooked properly, add half a cup of water and simmer for 2 minutes.
   

Lemony Chicken Curry is ready to be served along with steamed rice, it also goes well with fried rice, chapatti, bread and butter naan. Enjoy cooking, serving and eating!!

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