Chicken Jalfrezi | Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe | Indian Stir-fry Chicken Dish | Quick and Easy Chicken Recipe | Chicken Jalfrezi by Lentils and Rice
Chicken Jalfrezi is an Indian stir-fry dish which combines the Chinese cooking technique stir-fry with Indian spices. It was developed in Bengal and became famous across India and the UK.
The term Jalfrezi came from Jhal (which means spicy in Bengali) and Porhezi (which means suitable for diet). It was developed by Indian cooks in British Raj as a way to use leftover proteins by stir frying with various spices and vegetables like bell peppers, tomatoes and onion.
You can replace the chicken in this dish with any kind of protein or paneer or you can simply use only vegetables to make Vegetable Jalfrezi.
Ingredients:
1. Chicken thigh boneless – 250 gms
2. Red bell pepper – 30 gms
3. Yellow bell pepper – 30 gms
4. Green bell pepper – 30 gms
5. Onion – 2 small or 1 big
6. Tomato – Half of a large one
7. Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
8. Dry red chillies – 4-5
9. Coriander powder – ½ tsp
10. Ginger and garlic paste – 1 tsp
11. Butter – 20 gms
12. Any neutral oil – 1 tsp
13. Salt to taste
14. Black pepper to taste
Process:
1. Add butter to pan
2. Sprinkle salt and pepper to each side of chicken
3. Add chicken once butter melts
4. Fry each side of chicken for 2 minutes on medium flame
5. Rest the fried chicken for 10 minutes
6. Cut bell peppers in bite sized pieces
7. Chop half of the tomato
8. Chop one onion
9. Cut another onion in 4 pieces and separate the layers
10. Cut the rested chicken in strips
11. Add oil to the same pan so that it gets all the flavours from the residual butter of fried chicken
12. Add cumin seeds and dried red chillies
13. Add chopped onion and fry till the onion is translucent
14. Add ginger and garlic paste and fry till raw smell of ginger and garlic is gone
15. Add coriander powder and salt and mix
16. Add tomatoes and fry till tomatoes soften
17. Add bell peppers
18. Add separated layers of onion
19. Stir fry on high flame for 1 minute
20. Add chicken and stir fry for one more minute and serve
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