Chicken Jalfrezi | Jalfrezi Recipe || How to Make Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe with step-by-step photos
Jalfrezi is a type of curry made with onion, tomato, and capsicum chicken meat and spices to produce a dry, thick sauce. a jalfrezi can range in heat from a medium dish to a very hot one. Typically those eating jalfrezi cool it down by combining it with cream.
Other main ingredients include bell pepper, onion, and tomato. From the times of the Chinese, when it was created as a way of using leftover meat, the chilies have helped to disguise any disagreeable taste. The name comes indirectly from Chinese and from Bengali jhāl and Urdu/Persian parhezī. Jalfrezi has become the most popular dish in Pakistan
Instead of calling the Pakistani takeaway, make your own easy chicken jalfrezi. This curry is also healthy, This is quite an easy and tasty chicken jalfrezi_this can be served with garlic rice, egg rice, and fried rice. But here I served jalfrezi with spaghettis_this was a great combination more than rice dish_additionally I gave it to desi touch in my style
Though this isn’t an authentic recipe but too delicious, this even isn’t that I cooked it that’s why I am saying it ( jese Apne miyan meetho ;) ) to it you have to try it once and I am sure that you will love it have it again and again. so let's begin
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Tips:
- Using country chicken meat is much better than broiler chicken
- I used meat with bones as bones always make the meat succulent and cause of enhancing the taste of curry
- Use olive oil in Chinese recipes instead of ghee or another cooking oil
- If you like spicy curry then can be added green chilies
- Serve chicken jalfrezi with pasta, macaroni, spaghetti, or rice
Wash the chicken meat in the running water
Take all ingredients
And prepare all veggies
Boil the water with salt and oil then put spaghettis_Cook them for 7-8 minutes and drain into a colander set aside
Heat up the little oil in the pan and put the onion and capsicums cubes
Saute them together for 2-3 minutes on medium flame, set aside
Heat the oil in the pan then put chopped garlic cloves_Sauté them for a minute then add washed chicken pieces_Fry chicken meat with garlic till turns to white_now add powdered spices
Stir to mix well then add tomato paste to the chickens_Further, stir to combine well then add little water
Bring it to a boil and then cover the lid, Cook chicken until meat is tender
Once the meat is tender Then add sautéed veggies onion and capsicum, Keep mixing on low flame_
Stir to mix well together and cover the lid
Allow simmering for 2-3 minutes on low flame
Turn off the flame_Chicken Jalfrezi is ready
Transfer to the serving dish or plate
Serve hot with spaghetti, garlic rice, fried rice, or egg rice
Chicken jalfrezi is a type of curry made with onion, tomato, and capsicum chicken meat and spices to produce a dry, thick sauce...
Ingredients for Chicken:
- 300g, chicken country/broiler
- 2 tbsp, garlic chopped
- 1 ½ tsp, red chili powder
- ½ tsp, turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp, cumin powder
- 1 tsp, black peppercorn
- 1 ½ tsp, coriander powder
- 1 tbsp, ginger grated
- 1 tbsp, chopped coriander leaves
- 3 tbsp, tomato paste
- ½ tsp,garam masala
- 50ml, olive oil
- ½ cup, of water
For Veggies:
- 2 medium-sized, onion
- 2 medium-sized, capsicums
- 2 medium-sized, tomatoes
For Serving:
- 1 large-sized bowl, of boiled spaghetti
How to make Chicken Jalfrezi?
- Wash the chicken meat in the running water
- Take all ingredients and prepare all veggies
- Boil the water with salt and oil then put spaghettis
- Cook them for 7-8 minutes and drain into a colander set aside
- Heat up the little oil in the pan and put the onion and capsicums cubes
- Saute them together for 2-3 minutes on medium flame, set aside
- Heat the oil in the pan then put chopped garlic cloves
- Sauté them for a minute then add washed chicken pieces
- Fry chicken meat with garlic till turns white
- Note: Here I used chicken meat with bones to make meat juicy
- Add powder spices red chili powder, salt, coriander powder, turmeric powder,zeera powder,garam masala, and black pepper
- Stir to mix well then add tomato paste to the chickens
- Further, stir to combine well then add little water
- Bring it to a boil and then cover the lid
- Note: I used country chicken or desi murga meat this is the reason I used little water to make tender meat, but if you are using broiler chicken then don’t need to add water, it will get tender on its own with spices
- Cook chicken until meat is tender then add sautéed veggies onion and capsicum
- Keep mixing on low flame
- At this point adjust spices and salt then add the remaining ingredients chopped coriander leaves and grated ginger to the chicken
- Stir to mix well together and cover the lid
- Allow simmering for 2-3 minutes on low flame
- Turn off the flame now Chicken Jalfrezi is ready
- Transfer to the serving dish or plate
- Serve hot with spaghetti, garlic rice, fried rice or egg rice
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