In May, we visited our cousins in Boston. V’s cousin’s wife, we call her Poornima vaini, makes delicious chicken dishes. Every time I visit her, I learn something from her. She pampered us with this grilled chicken, biryani and many more. She had taken this to a get together and it had become a huge hit.
What makes these kababs stand out is the kasuri methi. It gives an awesome taste to this. She also adds some vinegar and marinates the chicken overnight. I am not very fond of vinegar and usually do not keep it in my pantry. So I added lemon juice. I cut the chicken into small pieces, so I just marinated it for 2hrs. A little bit of red food color can also be added to give it a nice bright red color (I did not use color).
Ingredients:
1 lb (0.4kgs) chicken
1 tea spn ginger pieces
1 tea spn garlic pieces
3-4 green chillies
1 tea spn cumin powder
1 tea spn chilli powder
2 tea spns vinegar or 1 tbl spn lemon juice
1 tbl spn thick yogurt
1 tea spn kasoori methi
Salt
Method:
Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chillies. Add this paste, chilli powder, cumin powder, vinegar (or lemon juice), salt to chicken pieces. Leave it in the refrigerator for about 2hrs.
Now add thick yogurt, kasuri methi. Keep aside for another 30mins.
Grill the chicken.
Serve hot.
Serves: 3-4
Preparation time : 40mins
PS: I use tender breast pieces of chicken for all my chicken dishes. If you use thighs or any other parts, adjust the time accordingly.
Adjust the spice according to your taste.
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looks so good….my daughter would love this….she is a hardcore chicken lover.bookmarked
cherie
Ummm yummy 🙂
Can I grill this in the oven as well? Have you powdered the dried methi?
Yes, you can grill in oven. I just crush kasuri methi a bit by fingers.
such a simple and tasty recipe even without much spices! awesome shilpa 🙂
Delicious!!!
Do these have to necessarily be eaten hot – or are they as tasty even at room temp? Thanks!
You can eat it at room temperature.
hi Shilpa..i love ur recipes, as they have always turned out well whenever i have tried them 🙂 will try out this one soon..looks yummy
Hi Shilpa,
I am Anupama Mankame from Honnavar. I was searching your site for methods to do some panakas. I found Raagi and jaggery with pepper panakas. Could you please post urad dal, ground nut, moong dal panakas etc, which are very common in north kanara. My aayi used to do all these during summer and I would like to try these but really do not know the procedure.
Thanka & regards,
Anupama
Regards,
Oh so delicious! Thank you for the recipe and photos!
wow this is just too good. My hubby would b v happy if i cook this…visited ur website after long time…yummm i love all ur dishes
How long do u grill the chicken pieces? approx time?