Hara Greenmasala Chicken Recipes

HARA (GREEN)MASALA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut the chicken in small pieces. Make a paste of all the ingredients including oil and marinate chicken in this paste. Leave for 1/2 hour.
• Heat the saucepan then Add chicken and stir fry on high heat until chicken is tender. Serve hot.

HARIYALI CHICKEN (GREEN CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilies, green cardamoms, onion, green chilies to a blender jar. If you do not have ginger garlic paste, then add half inch ginger and 3 medium garlic cloves to the same jar.
• Make a fine paste without adding water. Set this aside.
• Heat a pan with oil. Add cumin and allow them to crackle.
• Then saute the curry leaves until crisp. Then add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
• Add garam masala, coriander powder and chicken. Fry till it turns white in color.
• Cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins.
• Add green paste, fry for 3 to 4 mins until a nice aroma comes out.
• Cover and cook for another 2 mins. This way the aroma of green masala and spice is absorbed by the chicken.
• Optional - Turn the flame to low. If using yogurt whisk it very well until smooth and then add it to the pan. Stir and cook for 3 to 4 mins till the yogurt is absorbed.
• Then pour water & add salt.
• Stir well and cook covered until the chicken is tender.
• Open the lid and cook until the gravy reaches a desired consistency.
• Serve hariyali chicken with rice or roti. If desired squeeze in some lemon juice before serving.

HARA MASALA MURGH (GREEN MASALA CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Heat ghee or oil in a medium pot or wok for about 30 seconds over medium. Add the onion, peppercorns and cumin seeds. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken, ginger and garlic, and cook on medium-high, stirring frequently until the chicken is no longer pink or fleshy and the onions have softened, about 7 to 10 minutes.
• Lower the heat to medium and stir in the chile powder and salt. Continue cooking for about 30 seconds. Add 1 cup cilantro, 1 cup mint and the Thai green chiles, and stir until all the ingredients are incorporated.
• Stir in the yogurt and almond butter. Turn off the heat and stir in the remaining ½ cup cilantro and ½ cup mint. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garam masala, if you like.

HARA MASALA CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a blender process all the ingredients EXCEPT FOR THE CHICKEN AND DATES, to make a smooth sauce.
• Heat a wok and fry the mix for a few minutes.
• Add the chicken, stir, cover the wok with a lid and cook for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the dates and serve.
• Simple wasn't it.
• Serve with noodles or rice and a vegetable curry, some bread to mop up the sauce might be good too.

GREEN MASALA CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the chicken, chutneys, garlic and ginger pastes, and yogurt. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the oil and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Proceed right away, or cover and marinate in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
• Add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil to a large, 12-inch lidded skillet. Warm the oil, uncovered, over high heat until shimmering, then decrease the heat to medium-high and add the chopped onion and garlic. Season with a pinch of salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, put the lid on the skillet and cook for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion has gone from translucent to lightly golden, shrunken and soft.
• Return the heat to medium-high, scrape in the chicken along with all the marinade, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes. Put the lid back on, and cook for 2 more minutes. Uncover the skillet; the chicken should be just about cooked through and the sauce bubbling and thick. Cook for 2 to 4 more minutes to thicken the sauce (it shouldn't be soupy), but be careful not to overcook the chicken.
• Serve over rice or other whole grains, or with flatbread like chapati on the side.