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    Home » Recipes » Side Dish » Pepper Chicken with Curry Leaves

    Pepper Chicken with Curry Leaves

    Published : Dec 1,2013 | Last Updated On : Jun 27, 2022 by Muktha Gopinath

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    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

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    Pepper Chicken with Curry leaves

    Pepper Chicken with Curry Leaves is a spicy and tasty ,Andhra style chicken which has distinct flavours from black pepper corns ,curry leaves and fennel seeds .

    4.86 from 7 votes
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    Course: Side Dish, Starters
    Cuisine: Andhra, Indian, South India
    Prep Time: 8 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 32 minutes
    Servings : 5 people
    Calories / Serving : 469
    Author: Muktha H S

    Ingredients 

    • 750 grams Chicken , skin out curry cut pieces
    • 3 no's Onion , finely chopped
    • 6-8 no's Garlic Cloves , crushed ½ tablespoon paste
    • 1 inch Ginger , crushed ½ tablespoon paste
    • 1 no Tomatoes , finely chopped
    • 3 no's Green Chilli,finely Chopped
    • 12 Sprigs Curry leaves
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Black Peppercorns
    • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
    • ½ teaspoon Jeera/Cumin Seeds
    • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • 1 teaspoon Salt or as required
    • 2 tablespoon Oil
    • 2 tablespoon Coriander Leaves , chopped
    • 1 teaspoon Lime Juice

    To Temper

    • 1 tablespoon Ghee / Clarified Butter
    • 1 tablespoon Cashews
    • 3 no's Green Chilli , chopped
    • 3 sprigs Curry leaves

    Instructions

    • 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. 
    • Now 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 .

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    Notes

    • You can also add ½ cup of water in the last step and cook on a high heat till you get a thick semi gravy chicken ..
    • This is a spicy chicken dish , you can reduce the amount of green chillies , for less spice.
    • 150 grams per serving
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    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

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    1. Raghunath Krishnappa

      January 13, 2014 at 5:42 pm

      Wonderful Muktha !

      I like all the recipes. I think you have to update your facebook with this URL so it can reach to many people.

      Reply
    2. Anonymous

      March 10, 2019 at 8:27 am

      Hi muktha...I tried this receipe,it came out well and tasted good too... simple process regular ingredients...yet very delicious

      Reply
      • Muktha

        March 11, 2019 at 10:27 am

        Hi , I'm glad that u tried this, thanks a Ton....! May I request you to give the star ratings as well , It becomes easy for other readers too. Also its my sincere request to fill in your name as I feel connected to you. Thanks again.

        Reply
    3. Anonymous

      April 06, 2020 at 10:05 am

      It's very tasty thank you

      Reply
      • Muktha

        April 06, 2020 at 11:04 am

        Hey , I'm glad you liked it . Thank U

        Reply
    4. Hema

      January 07, 2021 at 12:23 pm

      Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.

      Reply
      • Muktha

        January 10, 2021 at 11:54 am

        Thank you

        Reply
    5. Lata Govind

      May 22, 2022 at 6:59 am

      I shared the pepper chicken recipe with many friends. Delicious.

      Reply
      • Muktha

        May 25, 2022 at 4:27 pm

        Thank you , I'm glad you liked it. This is one of my favorite recipe too

        Reply

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