Hyderabadi Red Dry Chicken

This is quite a famous dish from Charminar area of Hyderabad, made by the cooks from that area serve as an accompaniment to the famous Hyderabadi Biryani.  But for me this dish goes very well as a starter.

Ingredients:

Chicken (thigh pieces or curry cut) - 500gms

Ginger garlic paste - 1Tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 Tsp

Turmeric - 1/4Tsp

Oil - 2 Tbsp

Tomato sauce - 2 Tbsp

Red Chilli sauce - 2 Tbsp

Tomato ketchup - 1 Tbsp

Curd - 3 Tbsp

Pepper - 1/4 Tsp

Vinegar – 2 Tbsp

Salt - To taste

Garam masala - 1/2 Tsp

 

Method:

1.     Marinate the chicken with all masalas (except oil) for 1 hour.

2.     Heat oil in a frying pan & add marinated chicken, cook on medium flame till the water evaporates,  then cook on a slow flame stirring occasionally till dry & the chicken is done.

3.     Garnish with lemon wedges and onion rings.

4.     Eaten best with Naan.