Chicken Peanut Masala is a delicious, aromatic chicken curry where peanuts are the key ingredient. The flavours from the raw spices and toasted peanuts lend a completely different taste here, expect an unusual tasting experience than your regular chicken curry when you cook this at home.
Chicken Peanut Masala
Serves: 3
Ingredients
- Chicken- 500 gms (Curry Cut)
- Ginger paste- 1 tsp
- Garlic paste- 1½ tsp
- Toasted peanuts- ½ cup
- Onions- 2 (medium-sized, thinly sliced)
- Whole black peppercorns- 2 tsp
- Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
- Green chilies- 4-5 (halved)
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil-3 tbsp
- Curry leaves- 4 sprig
Method
In a mixer/grinder add peanuts, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and black peppercorns, blitz until a coarse powder forms, keep aside.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan / kadai. Add sliced onion and sauté over medium heat until light brown in color.
Next, add the curry leaves, ginger-garlic paste, green chilies, and chicken pieces. Mix well, cover and cook for 15 minutes, keep stirring in-between.
In a bowl mix the peanut masala with ½ cup of water until lump-free. This step is important because if we add the peanut masala directly to the curry, then it tends to become lumpy, and then it’s become tricky to mix it thoroughly.
Now transfer this mixture to the curry, add salt, and mix well. Cover and cook over low heat until the chicken gets done. Keep stirring in-between to prevent from burning at the bottom of the pan.
If you experience that the curry is thickening or drying up too much during the cooking, then you can add some hot water to adjust the consistency of the gravy. For this dish, we prefer the curry to be on the thicker side.
Serve hot Chicken Peanut Masala with steamed rice, roti or paratha, enjoy!
