Quick and yet, a simple recipe with minimal ingredients needed to make this pepper chicken fry. It is a spicy chicken recipe, which pairs well with Indian rotis and rice.
In a wide kadhai or wok add oil on a medium heat. To it add cinnamon and fennel seed and wait until it starts to splutter.
Add chopped onions and saute until it turns golden brown. This step of browning onions gives color to the dish. To it, add Ginger Garlic Paste and saute well until the raw smell disappears.
Now add chopped tomatoes and saute until mushy and well combined with onions.
Now add cleaned chicken, turmeric powder, Homemade Sambhar Powder and salt to taste. You can use chilli powder and coriander powder in ½ : 1 ratio. Mix well until chicken is well coated with the masalas.
Crush fresh peppercorns and add to the chicken. It is pepper chicken add more pepper powder and, reduce chilli powder. I love peppercorns! So added two to three tablespoons of pepper powder.
Chicken tends to release water. So add a cup of water to boil the meat. If it is boneless chicken, there is no need to add water.
It takes fifteen to twenty minutes to cook. Finally, add a teaspoon of peppercorn powder and curry leaves and switch of gas stove.
Garnish it with sliced onions, curry leaves and green chilli before serving. Spicy pepper chicken fry is ready to pair with rotis and rice.