Pepper Chicken with Curry Leaves

Pepper and Curry leaves Chicken is a tasty side dish/ starter made with lots black pepper powder and curry leaves .

This chicken has a distinct flavours from black pepper , curry leaves and fennel seeds.

It's a simple chicken recipe that can be made easily without any fancy ingredients and tastes delicious

How to make Pepper Chicken with Curry Leaves:

Wash and clean the chicken thoroughly and keep aside, for water to drain completely.

Finely chop onions,tomatoes and slit green chillies.

Dry roast  black peppercorns, jeera/ cumin seeds, and fennel seeds . Add 6-7 sprigs of curry leaves and dry roast till curry leaves turns crisp

Then transfer it into a blender/ mixer jar and blend to a fine powder

Take a wok, add oil add 3 sprigs of curry leaves, onions, ginger , garlic paste , green chillies and fry well till the raw smell goes off .

Add tomato,turmeric powder,and saute for a minute

Add chicken,1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon of ground jeera ,pepper , fennel seeds and curry leaves powder mix well.

close the lid and cook on a medium heat for  about 15 minutes or till chicken is almost cooked. (Don't overcook the chicken or else it becomes hard)

Whilst take a small pan/ tadka pan ,add ghee once its hot add cashews, chopped garlic cloves, 3 green chilies and remaining curry leaves fry well

Once curry leaves turns crisp add ¼ teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of curry and pepper powder and mix well

Add this mixture to above prepared chicken

Add remaining curry leaves and pepper powder, ½ teaspoon of salt  and mix well .

Keep on a high flame, fry for a minute till it becomes semi dry. Turn off the stove

Finally add lemon  juice and garnish with coriander leaves

Serve as a starter or a side dish