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Recipe for Cumin Scented Chicken
Dave Moore

Cumin Scented Chicken

This northern Indian recipe is from the Betty Crocker Indian Home Cookbook. I added the peas and changed the yogurt to sour cream as I found the yogurt always curdled for me while the sour cream made a nice sauce.
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
  

  • ½ Whole chicken breast cut into strips
  • 1 tbsp Peanut oil
  • ¼ cup Water
  • ½ cup Sour cream or yogurt
  • 1 Egg beaten
  • ½ cup Peas
  • 1 tbsp Flour
  • 1 tbsp Amchur (mango) powder
  • ½ tbsp Whole cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp Sea salt
  • ¼ tsp Red pepper powder
  • ¼ Onion sliced
  • 1 tsp Roasted cumin seeds ground
  • 1 tbsp Fresh cilantro chopped

Method
 

  1. Mix the flour, amchur powder, cumin seeds, salt, red pepper powder in a shallow bowl.
  2. Fry the onions in the oil on high heat.
  3. Remove the onions
  4. Dry the chicken with a paper towel then lightly dust with just flour.
  5. Dip the chicken into the egg then into the flour spice mixture.
  6. Sear the chicken until brown on both sides.
  7. Return the onions to the pot.
  8. Add the water and peas and cover and steam for 10 minutes.
  9. Roast the whole cumin seeds in a skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes. Allow them to cool for 2 minutes in a mortar then grind into a powder.
  10. Mix together the sour cream and roasted cumin seeds.
  11. Turn off the heat on the chicken once no longer pink inside and allow the pot to cool for 10 minutes so the yogurt will not curdle.
  12. Add the sour cream mixture.
  13. Garnish with cilantro.
  14. Serve with rice or Raman noodles.