Chicken Vepudu/Chicken stir fry

Chicken Vepudu/Chicken stir fry

by Hb ~ Wednesday, January 20, 2010

This girl(or do you prefer being called woman Nags?) asked me why I don't blog these days. Don't I? I do but not with the same fervor that I used to do sometime ago. It may be laziness(Can I blame it on my new house where, there is absolutely no natural light and hence no good pictures?) But, I still adore my blog and I do stop by all your blogs to know what's cooking.
I love cooking and savoring the outcome of it. So, I know I will get back to this blog with the same enthusiasm in no time. I am going to visit home very soon. So, no matter how much modesty my mom shows by saying 'This is a really simple dish' and 'Who doesn't know this curry?', I will still get those recipes.
Ok now, Chicken Vepudu/Chicken stir fry is craving for some focus so shall we move on. It is a fuss-free, simple stir fry. A real darling dish which comes handy when you want to make something 'special' out of boring(well,not so boring)chicken.

Ingredients:
Chicken - 350gms
Tomatoes - 1-2
Onion - 2(chopped fine)
Curry leaves 4-5 sprigs(Heavenly aroma)
Cumin/Jeera powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric - 1/2 tea spoon
Chilli powder - 1 tea spoon
Green chillies - 3-4
Coriander powder - 1/2 tb spoon
Garam masala - 1 tea spoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon
Salt - 1 tea spoon
Oil - 1.5 tb spoon

Procedure:
1. Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric, salt,g-g paste and chilli powder for about 40 minutes.
2. Fry some curry leaves till they turn crisp and set aside.
2. Now heat oil in a pan and add rest of the curry leaves and chillies.add and saute onions till they start to brown. Now add in tomatoes,cumin and coriander powders and fry till tomatoes turn soft.
3. Now add chicken pieces and cover with the lid. Let them cook for about 15minutes stirring in between.Sprinkle some water if they start to stick to pan. They would have nicely browned and meat just about perfectly cooked.
4. Add garam masala and fry for a minute and switch off flame.Add the fried and kept aside curry leaves at this stage.
This dish was made like ages ago. Sheesh, it IS definitely laziness!