Coriander chicken curry recipe (2024)

Updated: March 23, 2024 / Posted: February 28, 2015 / By Sujatha Muralidhar

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Is it raining, cloudy, snowy outside your windows? Sure, you must try this Coriander chicken curry recipe. It's not your regular chicken recipe, though it is made with all the regular ingredients.

This Indian green chicken curry recipe is delicious with a bundle of taste and flavors. And with the perfect combination of fresh coriander.

"Sundays are Chicken Days" is an unwritten rule in our home probably most of your homes. The chicken is a versatile ingredient, which can be beautifully transformed and fits into any cuisine.

Repeating the same recipe causes boredom, for the cook to the family members. Skipping rules and trying out the newer recipe, refreshes the whole family.

This coriander chicken curry is a simple recipe with the exact ingredients you use for any other recipe. But the process and approach are a little different.

You should try these types of recipes in between your regular cooking.

If you are looking for other chicken recipes, look into these Coriander Chicken Seekh Kabab Baked Recipe,Chicken Breast with Fresh Coriander Leaves,and Madurai Chicken Curry Recipe.

Pro tips for coriander chicken curry

This one in the picture is my secret weapon for bringing flavor and taste to my cooking. A small stone spice grinder. I believe manually grinding using mortar and pestle makes the dishes aromatic, which I often use in my kitchen.

You can use if you have one in your kitchen. If not, grind the spices in your regular electric mixer/grinder.

Recipe variations

Add ground coconut or cashew paste for more decadent gravy for the coriander chicken curry.
The vegetarian way of making the same recipe uses paneer or mushrooms.
I have used pestle and mortar, but you can also use your electric blender/mixer.
This is the gravy version recipe. If you want to dry the coriander chicken, use the same recipe, but cook longer until the gravy thickens and the masala coats the chicken well.

How to make coriander chicken curry

Prepping. Chop coriander leaves. Puree tomatoes by grinding them in a mixer/grinder.

Add black peppercorn, cumin seed to thepestle and mortar.

Then add chopped ginger and garlic. Grind these to a coarse mixture.

Saute Onion. Over medium heat, place a pan and add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Add a small cinnamon stick of 1-inch size, and 3 cloves. Let them sizzle in the oil until they turn brown in color.

Now add thinly sliced onion.

Saute until onion turns pink and tender.

Stir occasionally and make sure nothing should get sticks to the pan's bottom or get burnt. Add a teaspoon of oil, if the onion starts sticking to the bottom of the pan.

Add spices and tomato. Add the ground spice mix to the pan with the sauteed onion.

Add tomato puree and saute it for about 3 minutes, until the gravy shrinks a little. Add Chopped coriander leaves.

Add chicken and spice powders. Followed by washed and cleaned chicken pieces.

Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Combine them well.

Close the pan with a lid and reduce the flame between simmer-medium flame. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the chicken pieces is fully cooked.

Adjust with water to reach desired consistency, and allow to cook for 2 minutes extra, until the added water combines well with the gravy.

Serve. Remove from fire and serve Coriander Pepper Chicken hot with Rice/Roti.

What to serve with?

Serve hot with rice/Chapathi/Roti
We love to have this recipe along with simple Rasam Rice.
Egg fried rice
Indian coconut rice
Bagara rice

Other chicken recipes,

Seekh kabab in oven
Cedar Grilled Lemon Chicken
Lemon coriander chicken
Tandoori grilled chicken
Chicken recipes

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