Peshawar
Peshawari Charsi Chicken Karahi
Preparation15 min Cooking30 min Servings6-8 People
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What you need
Ingredients
- 2 kg chicken, cut into pieces
- 4–5 large tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 4–5 green chillies
- 1 tsp freshly crushed black pepper
- Salt, to taste
- 1 cup oil or desi ghee
- For garnish:
- Fresh ginger, cut into julienne
- Green chillies
Step by step
Method
- 1
Heat the oil or desi ghee in a karahi over an angithi or wood fire.
- 2
Add the chicken and cook until it begins to change colour and lightly brown.
- 3
Add the chopped tomatoes, garlic paste, green chillies and salt.
- 4
Cook over the fire until the tomatoes soften and the chicken becomes tender.
- 5
Add freshly crushed black pepper and continue cooking until the oil separates and the karahi develops its characteristic rich flavour.
- 6
Garnish with ginger julienne and green chillies.
- 7
Serve hot.
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