Ember Crest recipe
Dum-Chatpata Kadai Chicken
A semi-dry chicken preparation with capsicum, onion petals and a bold chatpata coating.
- Prep
- 20 mins
- Cook
- 35 mins
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Medium
Ingredients
- 750 g boneless chicken thigh, cut into pieces
- 180 g onion, finely chopped
- 150 g tomato, pureed
- 100 g capsicum, cut into squares
- 80 g onion petals
- 20 g ginger-garlic paste
- 40 ml cooking oil
- 7 g salt, or to taste
- 80 ml hot water
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 18 g Dum Chatpata Meat Masala
Instructions
- 1Heat the oil and cook the chopped onion until golden.
- 1Add ginger-garlic paste and tomato; bhuno until thick.
- 2Add Dum Chatpata Meat Masala, salt and chicken, then cook for eight minutes.
- 3Add hot water, cover and cook until the chicken is nearly done.
- 4Add capsicum and onion petals and cook uncovered for four to five minutes so they remain slightly crisp.
- 5Reduce until the masala coats the chicken and finish with coriander.
Recipe notes
Keep the capsicum slightly crisp and add it near the end for a fresh kadai-style texture.

