• 

Ingredients

• 500 grams chicken (with bone or boneless) – I prefer cooking it with bone
• 250 grams thick curd
• 100 grams vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoon garlic paste
• 2 tablespoon roughly crushed garlic
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 tablesppon methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)
• 2-3 pieces dry whole red chillies
• 2-3 tablesppon kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• Half cut lemon
• Salt per taste
• 1 medium sized onion finely chopped (Optional)

Preparation time

• 4-5 hours (Includes marination time)

Cooking time

• 20-25 minutes

• 

• 

• 

• 

Cooking Instructions

Step 1: Marinate the chicken

• Wash and clean the chicken nicely; drain the excess water from the washed chicken
• To marinate the chicken, add lemon, salt, garlic paste, chillli powder and curd
• Mix all the ingredients well with the chicken and cover it
• Refrigerate the chicken mixture in the fridge for 4-5 hours (note: overnight marinated chicken adds more flavor to the recipe)

Step 2: Cooking the marinated chicken

• Take a thick bottomed pan and place it on the oven on medium heat
• Add the oil to the pan and let it heat
• Add chopped garlic, methi seeds and dry red chillies
• Add chopped onions (optional)
• Let the spices roast well in the oil on medium heat
• Add the marinated chicken to the oil now, stir the chicken to blend well with the spices and cover the pan
• While the chicken is cooking, the curd and oil will slowly start separating and chicken will cook in that mixture of spices and curd
• Keep stirring the chicken frequently with a spatula so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan

• The whole process of cooking methi chicken is on medium heat; the chicken will cook gradually and absorb the water and keep stirring on medium heat to gain a medium to thick consistency
• Once the chicken is completely cooked, add kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves) to the cooked chicken and mix well. Cook the chicken for another 4-5 minutes and then take it off the gas
• Methi Chicken is now ready to be served with hot roti, paratha, bread, rice or anything else you wish to serve it with.

Do post your feedback, comments, pictures letting me know how it turned out! And do subscribe to my Blog – You can also write to me on 19.kprabha@gmail.com

Happy Cooking !