Chicken Spring onion

Hello dear readers. I’m back after a short break . Today I’m going to share an interesting chicken recipe. Last week my sister told me that she tasted chicken spring onion cooked by my aunt Mrs Neeta Nayak and it tasted finger licking good. I was fortunate to taste it this week and ask her the recipe . Yes, she had cooked specially for us to taste and she was generous enough to share the recipe as usual. Do you’ll remember Chicken Ibrosi recipe which I had shared recently. She’s the same aunt of ours. She came across this recipe in a cooking show and she tried it. I tried this recipe with eye ball measurement and it came out excellent. I also added tomatoes and lime  to balance the taste even though the recipe didn’t call for it. The spring onion which we get in Mangalore does not contain onion bulbs so I washed and used the tender shoots above the roots.

Recipe Credit : Mrs Neeta Nayak

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 kg

Onions – 5, finely chopped

Shahi jeera – 1 tsp

Spring onion stem- 1 cup, finely chopped

Spring onion bulb – 1/4 cup(make a paste)

Ginger garlic paste -1 tbsp

Tomatoes – 2 , finely chopped

Green chilly – 4, finely chopped

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Chicken masala powder – 3 tsp approx

Cashewnuts- handful, make a paste

Coriander leaves – handful, chopped

Oil – 2 tbsp approx

Ghee – 2 tbsp approx

Lime – 1

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil and ghee together.
2. Add shahi jeera and saute for few seconds.
3. Add chopped onions and saute until light red in colour.
4. Add ginger garlic paste and spring onion paste and saute until raw smell disappears.
5. Add chopped tomatoes and saute further.
6. Add chicken, turmeric powder, coriander powder, green chilly and chicken masala powder.
7. Add salt to taste and add little water.
8. Cook the chicken until done.
9. Adjust the consistency by adding the water while cooking the chicken.
10. Once the chicken is cooked add cashew paste and spring onions.
11. Cook it for 3- 4 minutes further.
12. Garnish with coriander leaves.
13. Squeeze lime and mix it well.