Friday 9 October 2015

Chicken in capsicum,onion and tomato gravy

As I have mentioned earlier, my family loves chicken for dinner. Had to think of a variation, since there was no garlic in my pantry.
Garlic and chillies are that amazing combination, when making any stir fry.
The magical savoury taste of garlic uplifts the ingredients to a different level.
However to combat the garlic less state, I seek refuge in the combination of onion, tomato and capsicum or green bell peppers !
This helped, for the three vegetables compliment each other, very well......

Ingredients

Boneless chicken cubes - 250 gms
Onions diced - 2
Capsicum diced - 2
Tomatoes diced - 2
Soya sauce - 2tsp
Any chilli sauce - 1tsp
Vinegar - 1tsp
Black pepper powder - 1tsp
Refined flour - 2tbsp
Sugar - 2tsp
Refined oil - 3tbsp
Salt to taste

Procedure

Cut the chicken in cubes and marinate with half the salt and black pepper powder. Keep for 5minutes.
Heat oil in a wok or deep kadhai.
Dust the chicken pieces in flour. Fry them in batches, over medium heat and keep aside.
In the residual oil, add onions and capsicum pieces. Toss in high heat.
Add the tomatoes and the fried chicken pieces.
Mix all the sauces and vinegar. Let it coat the chicken pieces well. Add pepper powder, a tsp of flour, sugar and adjust salt.
Mix a cup of water to the kadhai and let the dish thicken a bit.
As a glossy look appears, put off gas and serve.

Serve with noodles, light fried rice, any bread, plain rice or chapattis.
Absolutely simple dish with the flavours of vegetables and chicken overlapping smoothly !!

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