This is one of those recipes which I made during lockdown in India, possibly April-May 2020. Our worlds started changing and everything around us came crashing down due to the covid pandemic. We were locked in our homes and had to manage with whatever grocery we had at our disposal. One day we got to know from some friends Swiggy had started delivering chicken. We ordered some immediately and in came the much awaited packet. Now the problem at hand was, what should we prepare it with. With grocery stores around us closed all we could do was manage and figure out with whatever we had at our disposal. This experiment turned out to be rather tasty and hence this finds a place in my recipe blog.
Ingredients:
- Chicken - 500gms
- Salt - As per taste
- Sugar - 1/2 tsp
- Lemon - 1/2
- Lemon Zest - of 1 lemon
- Mint leaves - a handful
- Onion - finely chopped
- Mustard Oil - 2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Chicken 65 Masala (I used Banne Nawab brand. You can use brand of your choice.) - 2 heaped tbsp
Method:
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
- Add the chicken pieces, onion, salt and chicken 65 masala.
- Fry till chicken is completely cooked.
- When the chicken is soft, add lemon zest, mint leaves and sugar. Let it cook for 2 mins.
- Add lemon juice from half a lemon just before turning the stove off.
Serve smoking hot with parathas or phulkas.
