Pepper Chicken

Pepper Chicken

It is the simplest and yummy pepper chicken.

I am the founder of this recipe. and i would love to share it with you all.
The speciality of this recipe is that, it needs very little oil, may be just 2 tsps or even less. since we would cook the chicken on the pressure cooker before stir frying, all the fat in the chicken is being given out and it seves as the cooking medium.Also to add a point, i would prefer using a tender chicken.. It is cooked soft
and gets blended with the masala easily.
All my family members have enjoyed eating this..
Especially my sister suhi.. she is one crazy little sweet heart, she would complain and still end up finishing it till the last bit.
Ingredients:
Chicken - 1/2 kg(with skin preferred)
Masala:
Red chilli - 5
pepper - 1 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
saunf - 1/2 tsp
coriander seeds - 1tbsp (or 2 tsps of Coriander Powder can be while adding the masala to the chicken before cooking.)
onion - 1.
ginger - 1/2 inch
garlic - 5 to 6 pods.
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.

curry masala powder - 1 tsp.
pepper powder - 1 tsp.
green chilli - 2(split length wise).
oil - 2 tsp
curry leaves - 1 spring.
Lemon - 1/2 rind.
Salt to taste
Pre cooking steps:
1.fry all the ingredients for masala(first the chilli and other spice items then follwed by onion, ginger and garlic) and grind it in the mixer to a very fine and smooth paste.
2. Wash and clean the chicken, let it be on bite sized pieces.
Method:
Now take a pressure cooker or pressure pan and add the chicken pieces, the masala then turmeric powder, salt and pour water such that the chicken is partly immersed.
put it in flame till one whistle then on simmer for 5 mins.
turn off the stove.
Once the content is free from steam, open to find out the chicken which is cooked and oil from the chicken floating on top.

Heat 1 1/2 tsp of oil on a kadai, add the split green chilli and curry leaves.
then add the cooked content from the cooker.
[As the chicken pieces will be cooked near completion it is not wise to cook it on the kadai for long time, as it would be broken and damaged which will turn out to chicken kothukari then..
so it is better to pour less water while putting it on pressure cooker as the chicken will also give out water]
Keep on high flame till the water in the chicken masala is reduced and the masala gets coated on the chicken.now add the lemon juice and stir slightly.
Add 1 tsp of pepper powder now..
the chicken would blend with the pepper powder and lemon added finally on to it. add 1/2 tsp of oil if necessary to get it roasted.
Mmmmhwahhhhhhhhh.... its such a mouthwatering food that all of you would enjoy. I swear..
My son who is just an year old nibbles the chicken fragments given to him.
I feel you would also love this.