How To Cook Telangana Wedding Style Red Chicken Curry?

Telangana is often ranked high in the list of non-veg eaters in the country. No wonder why the state is food heaven for non-veg eaters. The state has got many authentic mouth-watering dishes. Among these, wedding-style dishes have a different fan base. Telangana wedding special Chicken Curry has another type of Thick gravy, and this dish can be made easily. Wedding dishes are always unique and spicy usually. This curry goes well with Rice and Rumali Roti. This curry is not made with too many spices, traditionally used in a typical chicken curry, yet this dish gets that flavour. 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo Chicken
  • Salt
  • 1.5 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • tbsp Oil
  • 2 tsp Ghee
  • 1/3 cup Curd
  • 1/2 cup Fried Onions
  • 1/3 cup Tomato Paste
  • 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Red Chilli Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Green chilli Sauce
  • 1 tsp Shahi Jeera
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  • 1 tsp Roasted Jeera (Cumin) Powder
  • 2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  • 1.5 tbsp Red Chilli powder
  • 1 Bunch Coriander
  • 1 tbsp Vinegar
  • 2 Pinches of Red Food Colour
  • 2 tbsp Fresh Cream

 (For masala – Ingredients)

  •  10 Almonds
  • 10 Pistachio
  • 2 tsp Chironji
  • Three green chillies
  • 1/2 Inch Cinnamon
  • 2 Cloves
  • 4 Cardamoms
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • Water – to grind the masala

 Recipe

  • Take the fresh chicken. In a bowl, coat the chicken with ginger garlic paste, lemon, and ½ tsp salt, and marinate.
  • Fry all the mentioned masala ingredients on low flame in a pan. Once it changes colour, please take it in a blender, add some water and blend it into a fine paste.
  • Now mix the paste, add-in in tomato puree, shahi jeera, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, red chilli sauce, green chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, vinegar, fried onions, coriander to the chicken, and marinate each piece well. Marination is the major step in preparation. Therefore marinate the chicken for 3 hours.
  • Next, take a pan and put in some oil. Once the oil is heated, put marinated chicken in the oil and cook on a medium flame for 5-10min.
  • Mix well, and stir the curry every 5 minutes at regular intervals. It usually takes 25-30 minutes t cook the whole chicken.
  • When the oil starts separating from the chicken, it is cooked.
  • Add some fresh cream and mix well.
  • Let the chicken cook for three more minutes.
  • Now cut the stove off, and it is ready to serve.