Quick Jeera Chicken

Name: Quick Jeera Chicken (Chicken flavored with cumin)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 8 to 10 green chiles, stemmed and cut in half; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint; 7 or 8 black peppercorns, crushed; ¼ cup (15 grams) chopped fresh cilantro; ½ cup (125 grams) plain yogurt, whisked; 1 (1¾-pound/800-gram) chicken, cut into 12 pieces; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 teaspoons table salt

Chicken flavored with cumin

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

This is an ideal dish to make when in a hurry, because chicken is not only good to eat but also fast to cook. I take advantage of that fact and dish this up as an Indian stir-fry. The mint and cilantro create magic with the cumin and pepper… I can actually smell the aroma even as I write this!

Ingredients

1 (1¾-pound/800-gram) chicken, cut into 12 pieces
1 tablespoon</

Asia
India
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Put the chicken in a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of the salt, and stir well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator to marinate for 30 minutes.
Place a medium nonstick saucepan over medium and add the oil. When small bubbles appe