How to Make Dahi Chicken

How to Make dahi chicken/ Doi chicken/ dahi wala murgh

 Today we will learn step by step a very simple, palatable, and healthy dish How to make Doi chicken/ Dahi wala murgh. Dahi/curd makes the chicken tender, soft, juicy, and succulent; so some famous chicken recipes like Chicken tikka masala are used to marinate the chicken with curd or yogurt.  The chicken chunks are marinated with a lot of curds and other spices, then simmered in a thick gravy made with onions, garlic, and ginger and sometimes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, flavored sauce this is How to Make Dahi Chicken.

Equipment needed

1. Kadai or frying pan
2. Spatula
3. Mixing bowl

Ingredients

1. Chicken-650 gm
2. Curd/yogurt-300 gm
3. Butter-2tbsp
4. Onion-2 (Cut in slice)
5. Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
6. Whole spices(green cardamom-2, cloves-5, cinnamon stick-1/2 inch, bay leaf-1,  and peppercorns-    10)
7. Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
8. Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
9. Cumin-coriander powder-1/2 tbsp
10. Kashmiri red chili powder-1 tbsp
11. Peppercorn powder-1/2 tbsp
12. lemon juice-1/2 tbsp
13. Salt to taste
14. Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing

How to Make Dahi Chicken

Wash and clean the chicken chunks, and keep in a mixing bowl

Add curd, turmeric, cumin-coriander powder, lemon juice, red chili powder, Kashmiri red chili powder, and salt

Mix them well and keep it 1 hour for marinating

Heat 2 tbsp butter in a pan or Kadai

Add the whole spices and stir them for a minute

Add the sliced onions and sauté them till they become translucent.

Now add the ginger-garlic paste and sauté them till the raw smell goes off.

Place slowly the marinated chicken with marinatetion

Mix them with the onions

Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for 10-12 minutes in low-medium with their own water.

Open the cover and check the chicken chunks are boiled nicely.

Add some chopped coriander leaves

Transfer them to a serving bowl and serve with pulao, roti, or paratha.

How to Make Dahi Chicken

 Today we will learn step by step a very simple, palatable, and healthy dish How to makeDahi chicken/ Doi chicken/ Dahi wala murgh. Dahi makes the chicken tender,soft, juicy, and succulent; so some famous chicken recipes like Chicken tikkamasala are used to marinate the chicken with curd or yogurt.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course chicken, Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Calories

Equipment

• Spatula
• A kadai or a fry pan
• mixing bowl

Ingredients

  

• 650 gm Chicken
• 300 gm curd/yogurt
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 Onion
• 1 tbsp  ginger-garlic paste
• Whole spices(green cardamom-2, cloves-5, cinnamon stick-1/2 inch, bay leaf-1,  and peppercorns-    10)
• 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
• 1 tbsp kashmiri red chili
• 1 tbsp  turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp cumin- coriander powder
• 1/4 tbsp Peppercorn powder
• 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
• salt
• Chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

 

• Wash and clean the chicken chunks, and keep in a mixing bowl
• Add curd, turmeric, cumin-coriander powder, lemon juice, red chili powder,Kashmiri red chili powder, and salt
• Mix them well and keep it 1 hour for marinating
• Heat 2 tbsp butter in a pan or Kadai
• Add the whole spices and stir them for a minute
• Add the sliced onions and sauté them till they become translucent.
• Now add the ginger-garlic paste and sauté them till the raw smell goes off.
• Place slowly the marinated chicken with marinatetion
• Mix them with the onions
• Now cover the lid and allow them to cook for 10-12 minutes in low-medium with their own water.
• Open the cover and check the chicken chunks are boiled nicely.
• Add some chopped coriander leaves
• Transfer them to a serving bowl and serve with rice, roti, or paratha.