Chatpata Imli Chicken Kadhai | Spicy Kadai Chicken Tamarind | tamarind chicken curry
Sometimes when I can't think about any chicken recipes to cook, I have to think long and hard...I have to think about the recipe which I haven't cooked in the last 27 years!After thinking long and hard about it, I suddenly remembered about Imli
Chicken!This is a new type of chicken recipe It tastes amazingAnd you'll surely like it!But meet me after the music to know more about this recipe.Keep the
ingredients handy to immediately start cooking!There are 2 types of tamarinds available in the market Red tamarindAnd black tamarind.You can use red tamarind if it's available as it has a slight sweet note Whereas black tamarind has a bitter note.
If you can't find red tamarind, Then you can use black tamarind as well.Leave it aside for a while And let's proceed with the next step.Let's start preparing the paste!Add a generous amount of ginger Because the combination of ginger and tamarind goes well!Add very little garlic Because the flavours of garlic don't go well with tamarind.
This dish consists of 2 preps.The first one is the paste And the second prep is the chicken marination.
It's important to do these preparations before you start cooking.Until these preparations are done, you cannot start cooking the dish!In most dishes,
preparations are more important than the cooking process.We hurriedly finish the preparations which hampers the cooking.Then the dish doesn't taste well.So avoid that!Will you please grind it?
Grind it into a fine paste and add some salt into it.And if you're not able to grind it, then add some mustard oil into it.Until then, let's start marinating the chicken.Here's the chicken.I'm using drumsticks and thigh
pieces.You can use any bone-in chicken pieces.This dish won't taste well with boneless chicken pieces.It's important to cut the drumstick tendon before you start cooking.Cut the white part of the
drumstick like this.Because it shrinks while cooking which makes the meat hard.Let's start cooking the chicken!It's a super simple recipe because I don't like tedious
work!Right?Cook the chicken until it is 60% done.The rest of it will get cooked with the gravy.But it's important to fry the chicken.It will enhance the taste of the dish And that's the monopoly of Imli Chicken!It's important to be patient while cooking.If
you want to cook quick recipes, Then it would be better if you simply cook instant noodles.Because good food takes time!The chicken is infused with the flavours of ginger and coriander!It is also infused with the aroma of fresh mustard oil!This recipe
is very appetizing!This isn't the end of the recipe Else you'll think that the recipe ends here!You'll think that I'm going to use the rest of the time for garnishing the dish.Mustard oil is optional Else you'll start making up excuses for not cooking the
dish!You can use any oil which is available But do try it because it's an amazing recipe!This dish will satisfy all you hunger needs And it will also make your dear ones happy!Alright?I can guarantee you that!Add black peppercorns, Some clovesSome
fenugreek seeds, Cumin seedsAnd fennel seeds.Black peppercorns and cloves will start spluttering so be careful!Else you'll get hurt and then say..."Ranveer, you did not tell us!"Ranveer told you to stay away from the gas!Because black peppercorns
and cloves will start spluttering.Thank you very much!The paste is done!It looks first-class!Good job!Using onion paste is optional.If you wish,You can simply make a paste out of ginger, garlic, green chillies and coriander stalks.Instead of onion
paste, you can use sliced onions as well.Cook sliced onions along with the marinated chicken.You can use any method you want.Cook it until the paste is no longer raw.It's not important to cook it until it turns a shade darker.But it's
important to make sure that it doesn't remain raw.Basically, you need to blend the primary ingredient of the dish with the additional ingredients!And it's important to use the ingredients that go well with the primary ingredient.For example, we're cooking Imli Chicken Then the primary
ingredient of the dish is tamarind.So you need to pair tamarind with ingredients which taste well with it.Basically, tamarind goes well with ginger We've already used it in the chutney.Tamarind goes well with red chillies too Tamarind goes well with cumin seeds, Fennel seeds,Fenugreek seeds,So basically, I have surrounded the primary
ingredient with ingredients that go well with it!That's the moral of the story!If you're using a primary ingredient, Then you must surround it with flavours which go well with it.Whenever you construct a dish, Then focus on the primary ingredient And surround it with elements that suit the
primary ingredient.You can't cook a dish with multiple primary ingredients.Alright?Simple, easy, no rocket science?Consider this point whenever you construct a dish.The onion paste is cooked, Garlic is cooked as well.The paste is ready.Don't cook it until it turns a shade darker.Ensure that the paste doesn't stick to the
bottom.It's alright even if it does because the dish itself has a vibrant brown colour.Slow down the flame..It's important to strain the tamarind water.Add tamarind water into it.That's the main ingredient!It's important to balance all the flavours.Else the dish will taste sour and you won't like
it.We have balanced the sourness with the sweetness of onions.You can add some sugar or jaggery into it as well.Fried red chillies, degi red chilli powder and green chillies in the chutney will balance the
spiciness of the dish.The balance of sweet, sour and spicy is very important And that's the monopoly of the dish!I've cooked it for 15 minutes.The sourness of tamarind will prevent the meat from getting overcooked.So don't worry about the chicken being overcooked.But it's
important to cook the tamarind sauce well.Keep cooking it for 15 to 20 minutes on a slow flame And cook it for another 3 to 4 minutes without covering it.Because it's very important to cook it well!It's important to add coriander and ginger for finishing the dish.The recipe is incomplete without it.I've told you everything!
Now the bouquet is complete!The aroma of the dish is enhanced when the aroma of tamarind is infused with the aroma of coriander and ginger.Add a little bit of clarified butter for finishing as well.Isn't it a type of Achari Chicken?Because the
chicken will get pickled by the sourness of tamarind.We've used pickling spices as well...Like cumin seeds,Fennel seeds,And fenugreek seeds.So the flavours will taste even better when you serve it the next day!I'm packing it because I'm going to savour it tomorrow.It will taste even better
tommorow!But I have to savour some of it now to tempt you!So I'll savour a piece in front of you!Just to tempt you!It's cooked so well!It is perfectly cooked because of the tamarind sauce.I can't waste even a drop of it!I've tempted you..And that was it!I'll keep the rest of it in the container.
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