Best 20 Indian Chicken Curry Recipes

INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY (MURGH KARI)

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken breasts with 2 teaspoons salt.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat; partially cook the chicken in the hot oil in batches until completely browned. Transfer the browned chicken breasts to a plate and set aside.
• Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium-high; add the onion, garlic, and ginger to the oil remaining in the skillet and cook and stir until the onion turns translucent, about 8 minutes. Stir the curry powder, cumin, turmeric, coriander, cayenne, and 1 tablespoon of water into the onion mixture; allow to heat together for about 1 minute while stirring. Mix the tomatoes, yogurt, 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro, and 1 teaspoon salt into the mixture. Return the chicken breast to the skillet along with any juices on the plate. Pour 1/2 cup water into the mixture; bring to a boil, turning the chicken to coat with the sauce. Sprinkle the garam masala and 1 tablespoon cilantro over the chicken.
• Cover the skillet and simmer until the chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Sprinkle with lemon juice to serve.

INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY II

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until lightly browned. Stir in garlic, curry powder, cinnamon, paprika, bay leaf, ginger, sugar and salt. Continue stirring for 2 minutes. Add chicken pieces, tomato paste, yogurt, and coconut milk. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf, and stir in lemon juice and cayenne pepper. Simmer 5 more minutes.

AUTHENTIC INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil and cinnamon sticks, cumin seeds, cloves for 1 minute, before they began to get dark add onions.
• Sautee' onions for 1 minute on medium high heat, add chicken tender cubes. Cook that stirring occasionally for 3-5 minutes.
• Add rest of the ingredients (saving a small amount of the cilantro for garnish at end).
• Stir and simmer on medium-low for 15 minutes.
• Then serve over rice. (You may add more tomato sauce, or water depending on how chunky you want the curry sauce.).

15-MINUTE INDIAN CURRY WITH CHICKEN AND PEAS

Steps:

• Place a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. While the pan heats up, finely chop the onion, about 1 heaping cup. Add the canola oil to the pan and swirl to coat. Add the onion and a large pinch of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Meanwhile, finely grate the garlic into the tomato paste and add to the onions along with the curry powder, garam masala and 1/4 cup water. Stir to combine and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in the chicken stock and bring to a strong simmer. Cut the chicken tenders in half crosswise, sprinkle liberally with salt and stir into the sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is just cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to a low simmer and stir in the peas and 1/4 cup yogurt. Cook until the peas are just warmed through, about 1 minute. Season to taste with additional salt if needed. Divide among 4 bowls. Top each with the remaining yogurt and serve with warm naan bread.

FIJI-INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Chop chicken into bit size stewing pieces.
• Finely chop 1 onion and slice the other onion and set aside.
• Combine garlic, serrano chillies, ginger in mortar and pestle and pound until it becomes a paste. Add 1 teaspoon salt to help make paste and so garlic doesn't fly away on you. You can also use a blender, but i find the mortar and pestle makes it more pasty without wasting any flavour from garlic.
• Add garam masala, turmeric and some water to the garlic paste and mix to make a curry paste and set aside.Should be a runny consistency.
• Heat canola oil in stewing pot.
• Add cinnamon stick, mustard seed, cloves, cardamon seeds with shells removed and cummin to pot. Stir until seeds pop.
• Add curry leaves. Watch out for oil splatter.
• Add finely chopped onions and cook until well browned but do not burn. (The more brown, the more flavor).
• Add curry paste and stir for a few minutes until garlic is well browned. Should be a nice yellowish color.
• Add chicken and half of sliced onion and a punch of salt. If you are adding chicken stock later on, add less salt.
• Stir and let cook until water comes out of chicken.
• Cook until water evaporates and fry the chicken until slightly browned approximately 20 minutes for fryer chicken, longer for stewing or freerange.
• Stir in remaining sliced onion.
• If adding chicken stock add it now and bring to boil. This is great for when you have a cold. This is Indo-fijian chicken soup for the soul.
• If you are health conscious, at this point i usually remove the excess fat that floats on top of the curry. Up to you if you want to leave it in, more flavor.
• Add chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice. Remove from heat.
• Serve over rice. Enjoy! ;-).

INSTANT POT® INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Melt butter and cook onion until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; cook until tender, about 1 minute. Add chicken; cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, coriander, chili powder, salt, garam masala, turmeric, pepper, cumin, and bay leaf. Close and lock the lid. Select poultry according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes.

EAST INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Brown chicen in a non-stick skillet, using a little vegetable oil or margarine. Remove to paper towels and drain. Discard oil or margarine, retaining any browned bits of the chicken.
• Heat the 2 TB margarine or oil in the same skillet. Add onions and garlic and saute until browned.
• Add bay leaves (crush them between your fingers first), cinnamon and cloves. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients to skillet and stir frequently.
• Return the chicken to the skillet and spoon the spicy sauce over it. Cover tightly and cook over medium heat until tender.
• NOTE: I just use a 14.5-oz can of diced tomatoes, or a quart of whole home-canned tomatoes, drained.

SPICY INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY YUMMY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a small pot over medium heat. Add chicken, onion, and ginger garlic paste. Season with curry powder, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, bay leaves, cloves, red pepper flakes, black peppercorns, and coriander seeds. Cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. At this point, gravy will be runny; if you want to thicken, remove lid, and cook until liquid is reduced.

INDIAN COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat in a large, deep pan. Stir in mustard seeds and cook until seeds have been sputtering for 20 seconds; add cumin seeds. Stir in red chile and asafoetida. Add onion and fry for 2 minutes. Add garlic, bay leaf, ginger, and turmeric powder and cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in curry leaves, chili powder, and black pepper and cook until onions are golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add chicken to the pan and fry until almost cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in coriander powder and mix well. Pour in coconut milk; bring to a boil. Add tamarind paste and salt; mix well. Add garam masala; reduce heat and let simmer, adding water as necessary, until curry reaches desired consistency and chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes more.

INDIAN CURRY WITH POTATOES, CHICKEN, AND EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Cut all of the vegetables and the chicken accordingly. Put all ingredients into a large pot (not cast-iron, the acidity of the tomatoes is bad for it).
• Cook over high heat for approximately 10 minutes. Turn heat to low and let slow cook for approximately 7 hours.
• Serve with hot basmati rice or naan/chapatis/roti.

INDIAN-STYLE CHICKEN WITH GINGER AND CURRY

Steps:

• Mix first 6 ingredients in 8 x 8 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Add chicken; turn to coat with marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
• Remove chicken from marinade and reserve marinade. Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to skillet and sauté until brown, about 3 minutes per side. Add reserved marinade and chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until chicken is cooked through, turning occasionally, about 6 minutes. Transfer chicken and sauce to platter. Serve with yogurt, if desired.

INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY I

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and pat dry; season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, then saute chicken until browned. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
• Saute onions in skillet until translucent; add ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, then stir in curry powder.
• Return chicken to skillet and add tomato sauce, coconut milk, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick. Season with salt to taste and stir all together.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through (no longer pink inside), about 20 to 25 minutes.

INDIAN TAKEAWAY CHICKEN KORMA CURRY

Steps:

• For the curry base: Roughly chop the onions and place in a large saucepan with the garlic and ginger.
• Cover with water (approx 800ml), bring to the boil and cover.
• Continue to simmer on a low-medium heat for 30-35 minutes until much of the water has reduced.
• Stir in the salt, spices, tomato puree and 3 teaspoons of oil.
• Simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• Take the saucepan off the heat and use a hand blender or upright blender to blend into a smooth gravy.
• Divide the curry base into 3 x 225ml portions and store in the fridge or freezer.
• Now for the chicken korma part! Heat the 4 tablespoons of oil in a pan on a medium heat and cook the diced chicken breast until sealed.
• Add one portion of curry base (225ml) and stir on a medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Next, add the coconut powder, almond powder, sugar and stir for a further minute.
• Stir in the single cream and continue to simmer on a medium- low heat for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Once the curry has thickened, turn off the heat, serve and enjoy!

MRS. CHITTALURU'S FAMILY (AUTHENTIC INDIAN) CHICKEN CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• Ginger/Garlic Paste: In a blender add peeled ginger and peeled garlic in equal parts and a little water and blend into a paste. You can also buy this in the Indian market, but it is much better when made fresh.
• Meat Prep: Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.
• In a bowl, mix chicken, salt, pepper, turmeric, cayenne (if using cayenne), cumin powder and coriander powder.
• Set Aside.
• Cooking: Use medium heat! Lower heat and longer cooking time gives the best results.
• In a deep wide pan (using medium heat) heat oil till it's hot and add Cloves, Cardamom (give a small smack on each Cardamom pod to open up the pod just a little bit) and Cinnamon stick.
• Move it it around for several minutes.
• At this point, I remove the clove and cardamom because I hate biting into them later.
• Add onions and saute until they are soft and golden.
• Take your time on this as this is what makes the gravy creamy, (you don't want burned onions).
• Add Ginger/Garlic paste and lower the heat to medium low and cook for several minutes scraping the bottom often.
• If you have enough oil in the pan you will not have that much of a problem. Hey! it's Indian food, so oil is necessary evil :)
• Add chicken mix from the bowl and cook till the chicken turns color.
• Add butter if desired.
• Keep stirring so that bottom is not sticking. This will take about 8-10 minutes or so.
• Add tomato and cook for another 2 minutes
• Then add hot water to the pan till it barely covers the chicken.
• Cook on medium high till you see a lot of bubbling.
• Lower the heat to medium/low and cover the pan and let it cook for about 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• When done, you should have smooth dark brownish gravy that is not runny and the chicken should be tender. Eat it with hot rice.

GLUTEN-FREE INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In large, heavy-bottomed Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat until hot. Add onions and tomatoes; cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions soften and start turning golden brown. Stir in garlic, gingerroot, salt, curry powder, paprika, garam masala and bay leaf. Cook about 5 minutes or until very fragrant and spices are beginning to brown. Stir in coconut milk, cashews and red bell pepper; simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; carefully add mixture to blender. Cover; carefully blend until very smooth. Return to Dutch oven; simmer over medium heat about 10 minutes or until thickened.
• While curry base is simmering, heat 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken pieces, and brown on all sides. Add chicken to simmering curry base, heating until cooked through. Return skillet to heat; cook green bell peppers in skillet until brown. Add to curry base. Serve immediately.

CHEATS CROCK POT INDIAN/PAKISTANI CHICKEN CURRY - SEMI AUTHENTIC

Steps:

• Throw everything into the crock pot.
• Set to low for 4 hours.
• Inhale and devour.

EASY INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan cook the onion and celery in hot butter or margarine until tender. Stir in the flour and curry powder.
• Add the chicken broth and Worcestershire sauce. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in the tomato juice and cooked chicken; heat through.
• If desired, season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve over hot rice.

INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a straight-sided medium skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper, place in skillet, and cook until golden brown on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove chicken breasts, and set aside. Reduce heat to medium low.
• Add onions, and saute, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Stir in garlic, and cook until onions are golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add ginger, curry, and garam masala, and cook, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and stock. Add reserved chicken breasts, and bring to a boil.
• Cover skillet, reduce heat to low, and cook until chicken is tender, turning once, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately, sliced if desired.

INDIAN COCONUT-CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or enameled cast-iron casserole, heat oil, then add onions and cook until nicely browned around the edges, about 7 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add coriander, cumin, turmeric, cayenne and black pepper and stir for 1 minute. Add salt, tomatoes and chicken stock and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the tomatoes are softened. Add chicken and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes. Add coconut milk and simmer partially covered for another 15 minutes or until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked. Add cinnamon and clove and simmer another minute. Remove from heat and garnish with cilantro. Serve with steamed basmati rice.

CHICKEN NAVRATAN CURRY (INDIAN)

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add cumin seeds. Cook until seeds begin to pop and crackle, 1 to 2 minutes. Cook and stir onion and garlic into cumin seeds until onions are slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add turmeric and chili powder; stir to coat. Stir in tomato puree until fully incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Cook and stir chicken, carrots, potatoes, and green beans into onion mixture. Season with salt. Cover the skillet with a lid and lower heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are about half cooked, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk water and coconut cream together in a bowl; pour into chicken and vegetable mixture. Cover skillet and simmer until chicken is fully cooked and no longer pink in the center and vegetables are tender, 5 to 10 more minutes.