Lemon Chicken
The perfect weeknight meal! Make this tangy flavor chicken and enjoy your rainy days.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 518kcal
Ingredients
- 750 gm Chicken pieces
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 4 tbsp Onions paste
- 2 tbsp Cashewnut paste
- 2 tbsp Curd
- 1 tbsp Lemon zest
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
- Lemon rind for garnishing
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add chicken pieces, salt, hung curd and freshly crushed white pepper and mix well. Keep it for 10 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan, add ginger-garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
- Next, add onion paste and cook for another 2 minutes over a low flame.
- Now add cashew nut paste and cook it for a minute.
- Lastly, add chicken pieces. Stir and mix well. Add half a cup of water to the chicken. Cover and cook it till the chicken pieces become tender on a low to medium heat. Add salt.
- Now add lemon zest and juice, cook for another 1 minute.
- Cover it. Garnish with lemon leaves, lemon slices, and green chilies.
- Serve hot with roti, naan, paratha or rice.