Dhaba Style Chicken Karahi

Dhaba Style Chicken Karahi

Being a Pakistani, we all love Chicken Karahi; a spicy and fragrant curry in which stir fried chicken pieces are cooked in large chunks of tomatoes, simple freshly ground spices and finished with green chilies and ginger. 'Karahi' is an Urdu term which means 'Wok". So mostly this dish is cooked and served in a wok, but any kind of pan / utensil is adequate.

Dhaba version is the typical roadside cafe version. This is cooked in simple roadside cafes (especially by Pathans) and you can find this amazingly flavourful dish being served in little hotels while going to hilly areas like Muree, Swat & Kaghan etc.

After eating this wonderful dish in several restaurants & hotels, I reckon that Dhaba version is the best! And in this video recipe, you'll see why!

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3/4^th cup oil
• 500 gm Chicken pieces (with and / without bones)
• 500 gm tomatoes, sliced in big chunks
• 5-6 green chilies, slit in halves
• A ½ inch piece of ginger, julienned
• Salt, to taste
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp red chili flakes
• 1 tbsp coriander seed, freshly crushed
• 1tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ½ tsp freshly ground white cumin
• A dash of garam masala powder

Method:

• Heat oil in a wok.
• Add chicken and salt and stir fry till chicken in golden on medium-high flame.
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry a bit more.
• Add tomatoes, mix and cover the wok till tomatoes are tender. (after that you can remove their skin if you wish)
• Remove the lid and add red chili flakes and mix well.
• Add crushed coriander seeds, black pepper powder, white cumin powder and mix well.
• Now add green chilies, ginger and a dash of garam masala and mix thoroughly.
• Serve hot in a serving wok / bowl with Naan bread.

~ Enjoy!