Easy Chicken Keema Matar Recipe | A Classic Indian Curry in 30 Minutes
Chicken Keema Matar is a flavorful Indian dish made with minced chicken and green peas, perfect for a quick, nutritious, and comforting meal.
Ingredients
- 2-3 tbsp Ghee & oil
- 2 Bay leaves
- ½ inch cinnamon stick
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon Ginger paste
- ¾ cup Fried onions Or sliced onions
- 1 cup Tomatoes crushed
- ¼ cup Yogurt
- 1 tsp Paprika powder
- ¾ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder or to taste
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Homemade Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tbsp Kasoori Methi
- 1 tsp Salt to taste
- 1½ lb Minced Chicken I minced it at home
- ½ cup frozen or fresh peas
- Cilantro to garnish
Instructions
- Heat ghee or oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Add bay leaves, cardamom, and cinnamon stick to the pan. Sauté for a 30 secs.
- Stir in cumin seeds. Sauté the cumin seeds in the ghee until they begin to crackle and pop.
- Add ginger garlic and fry the ginger-garlic paste for a minute.
- Stir in the fried onions and mix it all.
- Once mixed well, stir in crushed tomatoes along with all the spices except kasoori methi.
- Saute the onion tomato mixture well and cook it until oil separates
- Add minced chicken and mix it well. Cook it covered for a few minutes
- Uncover and add yogurt and mix it well.
- Cook it for another few minutes.
- Add kasoori methi and simmer for additional few until the water evaporates. Saute it.
- Once done, garnish it with chopped cilantro.
- Serve it with butter naan, roti or rice.