Pakistani Chicken Curry with Yogurt (Video): Today I am sharing one of the best and simple chicken curry that you can easily make at home even as a beginner. It will give you a mouthwatering taste and divine aroma that will compel to make it again and again. In my chicken curry collection, you can find so many options to make chicken with yogurt but this one is the best in all. It's simple, easy, and quick but the end results in absolutely different as compared to other recipes.
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My mother always has given us a different form of curry at the house dining. She loves to cook with experiments. So, here I am sharing one of her recipes that we all love and always ask her to make. Here in this recipe, you will find the exclusive taste of yogurt along with other spices that are well blended in the curry to create taste and aroma.
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Must-Try this special Yogurt Curry in your Dinner & Lunch
Key Tips To Make Perfect Curry
- To make perfect curry, make sure to blend all the spices in curry using a spoon.
- Carefully monitor the addition of water to avoid water curry texture.
- Always cook meat at high temperatures to avoid the smell of meat rawness.
- Maintain the recommended temperature on each step of cooking.
- Don't overcook the curry.
- Never use any kind of corn starch, ready-made tomato puree, or flavored yogurt.
- Chicken pieces always matter in curry. It's not advisable to use chicken pieces with skin while making chicken curry, especially in Pakistani and Indian cooking.
- I personally use homemade garam masala to create the best taste.
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Pakistani Chicken Curry With Yogurt Recipe
Main Ingredients
- Whole Garam Masala
- Cloves: 4 Black Pepper: 10
- Green Cardamom: 2 Cinnamon: 3″
- Cumin – 1 Tsp
- Garlic Paste – 1 Tsp
- Ginger Paste – ½ Tsp
- Onion Paste – 1 Tsp
- Chicken – 500 gms
- Curd – 1 cup
- Black Pepper – ½ Tsp
- Tomatoes – 2
- Green Chilies – 4
- Water – 100 ml
- Salt – ½ Tsp
- Garam Masala – 1 Tsp
- Fresh Cream – 1 tablespoon (optional)
- Butter – 3 Tsp
- Garnish with ginger and fresh coriander
How to Make?
- In a pan, add oil and heat it up.
- Now add whole garam masala and let it pop for a few seconds.
- Add garlic paste, ginger paste and onion paste.
- Saute for a minute.
- Now add chicken and cook on high heat until the chicken changes the color.
- Now add yogurt and black pepper powder.
- Saute again for few minutes until the yogurt mixed with the curry.
- Add tomatoes, green chilies, and 100 ml water.
- Cover the lid and cook for 20 minutes on medium to low heat.
- After 20 minutes, mix the curry with a spoon on high heat until oil shows on the side of the curry.
- Add salt and garam masala powder.
- Mix well.
- Add fresh cream and again mix well and cover the lid for 5 minutes to simmer the curry. (This step is optional, you can add more yogurt and blend well in curry to avoid this step)
- After 5 minutes, curd chicken is ready to serve.
- Garnish with curd, Julianne ginger, and green chilies and freshly chopped coriander.
- “Chicken curry with yogurt” is ready!! Serve with Roti or tandoori naan.
Also, the best idea to serve with pulao rice.
"chicken curry with yogurt" is ready!! Make a serving with tandoori naan or laccha paratha.
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Pakistani Chicken Curry with Yogurt
Ingredients
- Oil – 1 Tbsp
- Whole Garam Masala
- Cloves: 4 Black Pepper: 10
- Green Cardamom: 2 Cinnamon: 3″
- Cumin – 1 Tsp
- Garlic Paste – 1 Tsp
- Ginger Paste – ½ Tsp
- Onion Paste – 1 Tsp
- Chicken – 500 gms
- Curd – 1 cup
- Black Pepper – ½ Tsp
- Tomatoes – 2
- Green Chilies – 4
- Water – 100 ml
- Salt – ½ Tsp
- Garam Masala – 1 Tsp
- Fresh Cream – 1 Tbsp
- Butter – 3 Tsp
- Garnish with ginger and fresh coriander
Instructions
- In a pan, add oil and heat it up.
- Now add whole garam masala and let it pop for a few seconds.
- Add garlic paste, ginger paste and onion paste.
- Saute for a minute.
- Now add chicken and cook on high heat until the chicken changes the color.
- Now add yogurt and black pepper powder.
- Saute again for few minutes until the yogurt mixed with the curry.
- Add tomatoes, green chilies, and 100 ml water.
- Cover the lid and cook for 20 minutes on medium to low heat.
- After 20 minutes, mix the curry with a spoon on high heat until oil shows on the side of the curry.
- Add salt and garam masala powder.
- Mix well.
- Add fresh cream and again mix well and cover the lid for 5 minutes to simmer the curry.
- After 5 minutes, curd chicken is ready to serve.
- Garnish with curd, Julianne ginger, and green chilies and freshly chopped coriander.
- “Curd Chicken” is ready!! Serve with Roti or tandoori naan.
Notes
- To make smooth curry texture, make sure to blend all the ingredients using spoon.
- Monitor the water quantity to make thick curry consistency.
- Cook chicken on high heat to close the pores. It will make chicken more juicy and tender.
- Temperature management is important to make the best curry.
- Avoid overcooking.
- Make sure the yogurt should be good in taste.
- Yogurt should not be too watery in texture. Thick yogurt makes good taste.
- Use homemade Garam Masala as it will give you best taste.st taste.
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Hema
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
Hinz
Thanks Hema for your great feedback! Surely share with your friends and family. InshaAllah they will like it!