Chicken with Green Peppers

Alrighttt….its been a while since I updated my blog. If I said I was busy that would be a lie ;). So anyways…its’s time for another recipe!! Ive tried two new recipes this week, one with chicken and the other with beef. I would be posting them both on my blog, but first it would be the chicken…chicken with green peppers!!

To make this recipe you would need:

1 lb Chicken
2 Tbsp Oil
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
2 Medium Sized Onions
2 Tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
2 Medium Tomatoes
1 Tsp Lime Juice
2 Tsp Coriander Powder
Half Tsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Black Pepper Powder
2 Green Chilies
1 Medium Sized Green Pepper (Green Capsicum)
Corriander Leaves
Salt to taste

So once you’ve got all your ingredients in place, start off with washing and cutting the chicken into half inch cubes. I used boneless chicken for this recipe and I cut it into small cubes, coz a ‘Significant Other’ likes it this way :). But if you don’t really care to make it so small, just make it 1 inch cubes. After all, we all want to cook fast, who wants to spend time cutting chicken..right??? ;-)....

Take a pan (or kadai as we call it in India), add the oil. I used olive oil, but you can use vegetable oil as well. Once the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds. If the oil is real hot, the seeds would immediately start popping. Add the onions. I chopped the onions real fine, so that it adds to the taste. Fry the onions till they turn slightly brown and transparent. Add the green chilies (serrano peppers) and ginger garlic paste (If you do not have them in paste form, just chop them up real fine. You do not want to be biting into big chunks of ginger or garlic)

Finely chop the tomatoes. Mix the lime juice with the tomatoes and add it to the pan. Add the spice mixes – coriander and chili powder to the onion-tomatoes mixture and stir-fry till the tomatoes blend well with the onions. Add salt to taste.

Add the chicken to the pan, and cook on high heat for 3-5 minutes until the outer side of the chicken turns white. This will help the chicken to retain the moisture. Lower the flame and continue cooking the chicken till its three-fourth done. At this point, add the green peppers. I cut the green peppers into 1 inch cubes. Mix well and continue to cook till the chicken is well done. Just before removing it from the stove, add in the finely chopped coriander leaves and the pepper powder. You can avoid the pepper powder if you do not want it to be spicy. Since I liked it spicy I added the pepper. Mix for 2-3 minutes.

Chicken-Green Peppers Curry is ready to be served!! Serve hot with Naans, Chappathis or just plain Basmathi rice :). Enjooyyy !!