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Indian-Style "Chettinad" Chicken
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Prep Time:
5 minutes
5 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
40 minutes
Spicy Indian-inspired Chettinad chicken with fragrant spices, perfect for a quick and flavorful weeknight dinner.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound chicken thighs, or more to taste
- 0.5 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin
- 0.5 teaspoon chile powder
- salt to taste
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 0.5 onion, chopped
- 2 dried red chile peppers, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon hulled, split pigeon peas (toor dal)
- 0.5 teaspoon whole fenugreek seeds
- 0.5 cup water
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, toss together chicken thighs, turmeric, cumin, chile powder, and salt until fully coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 15 minutes to let the flavors meld.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, sizzle oil. Toss in onion, chile peppers, split pigeon peas, and fenugreek seeds; stir and cook for 3 minutes until aromatic. Introduce chicken; sear until golden for 5 minutes each side. Lower heat, pour in water, deglaze the skillet, and let simmer for 7 minutes to meld flavors.