how to make spicy ol chicken/Yum chicken
The marinated chicken pieces are cooked with elephant foot yam/ol and then simmered in a thick gravy made with tomatoes, onions, garlic and ginger and finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce and this is how to make spicy ol chicken/Yum chicken
Author: Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Bengali
Preparation Time: 10 minutes (excluding marinating time)
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Servings: 3-4 Persons
Ingredients
- Chicken-1/2 kg
- Ol/yam-300gm (cut into big cube pieces)
- Tomato-01
- Onion-02(medium size)
- Garlic-1/2 cup (approx 30-35 cloves)
- Ginger-1 inch
- Lemon juice-1 tsp
- Turmeric, cumin, coriander and red chili powder-1 tsp each
- Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
how to make spicy ol chicken/Yum chicken
- Wash and marinate the chicken pieces with card, ginger garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder and lemon juice and keep it aside for one hour.
- Take a blender jar, add onion, ginger and garlic, make a smooth paste.
- Take a hard bottom pan or kadai, heat oil and fry the ol/yam.
- Add the marinated chicken pieces and cook for 5 minutes.
- Now pour the paste in the chicken and keep on stir it for 5 minutes then add all the spices i.e. turmeric, cumin, coriander and red chili powder and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour water, add salt and cover the lid for 7-8 minutes.
- Open the lid, check salt and consistency of the gravy, it should be too runny.
- Switch off the flame, add garam masala.
- Serve hot with roti or rice.