Lemon Chicken



Ingredients:

  • Chicken breast - 300 gm

For the Marination:

  • Egg - 1 no.
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Corn Flour - 2 tbsp
  • Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
  • Jeera powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp

For the Gravy/Masala:

  • Finely chopped onion - 1 cup
  • Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Slit Green Chillies - 4 to 5
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
  • Jeera powder - 1 tsp
  • Oil - for frying the chicken and for the gravy
  • Lemon juice  - 1 small 
  • Salt - to taste
  • Coriander leaves - for garnish


Preparation:

  • Cut the chicken into long strips.
  • Mix all the marination ingredients together and add the chicken into it.
  • Mix well and refrigerate for 20 mins.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken on a medium flame, until it starts turning slightly brown. Remove them on to a paper napkin, to remove the excess oil.
  • Take 3 to 4 tbsp of the remaining oil.
  • Add the chopped onion to it and saute. Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry until the raw smell is gone. Add little salt to this.
  • Add the green chillies and fry.
  • Add turmeric powder, pepper powder, jeera powder and saute.
  • Add the fried chicken to this and mix well.
  • Add the lemon juice and saute. Taste the chicken to check if the lemon flavour stands on the top of other ingredients.
  • Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and remove from flame immediately.
  • Best with chapattis/rotis.

TIP: Once the lemon juice is added, remove from flame immediately, so that the lemon flavour remains intact.