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cooking chicken in a clay pot

Clay pot chicken curry

Chicken cooked with Indian spices in a clay pot without oil

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4
Author indrani

Ingredients

  • 500 gm Chicken curry cut

Spices for marination

  • 1 tbsp garlic grated
  • 1/2 tbsp Ginger grated
  • 1/2 cup Curd

Spices for the curry

  • 1 cup Chopped onions
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1/2 tbsp Red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tbsp Green chillies finely chopped

Whole spices

  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 4 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 4 green cardamom
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 Star anise
  • 3 Red chilly whole

Instructions

  1. Marinate the chicken with all the spices for marination for 15 minutes

  2. Heat the earthen pot over the gas oven.

  3. Roast the bay leaves and the whole spices.Once they release the aroma

  4. Add chopped onions roast them till tender and translucent

  5. Add the chicken with marination and add the spices for the curry

  6. Cover with a lid and cook for 30minutes

  7. Check intermittently if enough liquid is there ,otherwise add half cup of warm water and salt appropriately

  8. Once the meat is tender and the gravy has thickened ,serve the dish inside the pot , hot with steamed rice