Name: Chicken Methi Malai
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg boneless chicken thighs, chopped into 4 pieces each; 2 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 1-2 fresh green chillies, finely chopped; 2 medium white onions, finely diced; 3 heaped tbsp dried fenugreek leaves; 150 g natural yoghurt; 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 lemon, juice only; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 6 cloves; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 150 g cream; 50 ml water; 3 black cardamom pods; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 5 black peppercorns; 1 tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Chilli & Mint

By Torie True

Published 2021

About

This fragrant curry is always a crowd pleaser. The dried fenugreek leaves add a wonderful earthy taste that works so well with the chicken. They are also known as kasoori methi and not generally a familiar ingredient in Western cooking. They were a revelation when I first started using them. You need to crumble them, using your hands, into the curry to release their strong yet sweet aroma. This dish works equally well if you want to make it vegetarian by replacing the chicken with 500g of p