Pepper Chicken Dhaba Style

 

Quick to cook without much preparation this dish tastes good with fried curry leaves, garlic and onion. Serves as a side dish as well as starter.

We need

1/2 kg chicken

2 sprigs of curry leaves

15 cloves of garlic 

1 big onion 

1 small tomato

2 green chillies

1 tbsp pepper powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp lemon juice

Clean and drain the chicken. Cut garlic, onion, tomato and chillies finely.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a nonstick pan. Add curry leaves. 

One by one add green chillies, garlic, onion and tomato. After 2 minutes add chicken, 1 tsp of rock salt  and turmeric powder,  give a good mix, close the lid. Let the chicken simmer in its own juice. After five minutes or so, add a few tbsps of water if needed and add half tbsp pepper powder. 

Let the chicken cook till the gravy dries up. Stir in between to avoid burning. Once the chicken is cooked well and water is dried, raise the heat. Keep stirring till the chicken browns lightly. Put off the heat, check the taste. If need need add powdered salt. Squeeze half a lime and 1/2 tbsp pepper powder. Mix well. Serve.

Note: Increase or decrease the pepper as per your taste. Freshly ground pepper always tastes good.