Chicken in Green Masala
A nice change from the usual red curries, perfect with parathas or rice.
Ingredients
Ingredients for Green Mixture/Marinade
- 1 cup chopped fresh coriander with stems
- 1 tbsp. garlic paste
- 1 tbsp. mint leaves
- 1 tbsp cream fresh or coconut
- 2-4 green chillies to taste, I use about 4
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup yoghurt
Additional Ingredients
- 1 chicken cut into 8-10 pieces
- 1 tsp. ginger paste
- 1 tsp. garlic paste
- 2-3 cardamom pods
- 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- 1 tsp. cumin powder
- 1 tsp. coriander powder
- 2 onions chopped
- 1 green chilli slit
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup coconut cream or fresh cream
- 1/4 cup oil
Instructions
- First, blend the coriander leaves, garlic paste, mint leaves, cream, green chillies and juice of 1 lemon to a smooth paste. Try to do this without adding any water. Once done, add the half cup of yoghurt and mix well, then add the chicken pieces and allow to marinate for about half an hour.Next, heat the oil, add the cumin seeds and the cardamom pods, when they splutter, add the onions and fry until golden brown. Then add the ginger and garlic pastes, fry for a few seconds and add the chicken without the marinade. Cook on high heat for 5 minutes, then lower the heat, add the marinade, 1 tsp. salt and the coriander and cumin powders.Cover and cook for about 10-15 minutes on low, then add the green chili and adjust water if needed. Once the chicken is about done, add in the cream and adjust salt and sprinkle the pepper. Simmer together on low heat for about 3 minutes, then turn off the heat. Serve hot and Enjoy!
your receipes are really delicious. Specially for people like us who are abroad away from HOME and loved ones. Just want to ask what if we dont have oven is there any alternative for that.
Thanks,
Thank you Farhan! Please check our FB page on how to bake without an oven. 🙂
I have 1 query. In green chicken you said “add the chicken without the marinade.” It means I will marinate chicken with green paste but while preparing I will add the chicken in oil without marinated paste? Please clarify…
Thanks
Yes Farhan. Marinade is added in later.
Jazakallah khair sister………..
G’day! Was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo EXCITED today, TRUE!
First dish of yours have made too!
EXCELLENT!! YUM!!! LOVED every bite!
Your photo and easy to follow directions were a delight!
Ran out of cumin seeds, used feenegreek seeds ground fine in a spice blender today!
Have put other recipes of yours “on the list”…THANK YOU is what I can say!
Should you wish to see the photos too!
I am more than happy to share your recipe made /my success with you 🙂
Is coconut oil ok or table cream?
Disregard i found it lol
please clarify add the chicken WITHOUT THE MARINADE. Cook on high heat for 5 minutes, then lower the heat, ADD THE MARINADE, 1 tsp. salt and the coriander and cumin powders.
WHEN TO MARINADE?????????????
Please read through the recipe one more time, you seem to have missed a section where it says to MARINATE THE CHICKEN in the mixture made.
hey! looks yummy. is this for boneless chicken? or with bones? and what does 1 chicken mean here? how many grams is 1 chicken here? thanks a lot
Hi, as you can probably make out from the pic, it is chicken WITH BONES. 1 chicken means ONE WHOLE CHICKEN that is then cut up into pieces. An average-sized chicken would be between 1kg-1.5kg.
fauzia do you have ghajar receipe ( the one we put on chicken ) please reply to panjusu@gmail.com as it will be hard to find the answer here
Sorry I do not have that recipe.
may i knw wts coconut cream?
Thickened coconut milk.
Hi fauzia I tried ur jeerA chicken it turned out delicious today gonna try green masala chicken it is a gud source of getting recipe vid in a min instead of watching complete coking shows vid loads of break GOD BLESS U N KEEP UP DA GUD WORK BEST OF LUCK..
salaamz, just wanted to ask; would it be ok to leave the chicken marinated for around 4 5 hrs?
W/Salaam, yes that is ok.
Hi fauzia sister, I want to make this recipe. But I cannot
Understand when to marinate the chicken. Can you
Please explain that?
The top part of the recipe is the marination ingredients and method. Please read through it once more.
Can I use cream of coconut or it will make it sweet? Pls reply soon
It should be fine, depends on your personal taste. Add a tiny bit and see how the taste is, then you can add more if you like it.
Can i use nestle cream instead of cocunut cream
If it is unsweetened yes you can.
hey:)
hey:)
can u plz explain da marinade thing … Cuz in da frst part u tll dat v need to marinade da chciken fr half n hr..
N ltr u tll us ” add the CHICKEN WITOUT THE MARINADE Cook on high heat for 5 minutes, then lower the heat, ADD THE MARINADE” dis iz rilli confusin! :/ do we need to marinade da chicken frst n den add it to da oil..?? :/ plz clarify!:(
Hi. Marinade is the mixture
Hi. Marinade is the mixture which coats the chicken during marination. First put the chicken ALONE into the oil so that it can get fried. THEN add the marinade.
Can this be made in advance 1
Can this be made in advance 1-2 days??..will it maintain the green color??
The colour will not be as
The colour will not be as vivid but the flavour will be just fine.
When to add yoghurt?? Or
When to add yoghurt?? Or should yoghurt be added to the blended paste?? Pls clarify thanks
As mentioned in the recipe,
As mentioned in the recipe, it is added with the marination.
Needed alot more acid for my
Needed alot more acid for my taste hubby loved it jazaakalla
AoA Baji kya Hal hn Baji mene
AoA Baji kya Hal hn Baji mene apki green masala try Ki thi bht achi bni paka shukria k apne hm se b share Ki Baji aik question pochna tha k fresh cream Jb hm use krty hn usky bad jb wo Bach jaye to usko kesy save kr skty hn Booz meri to kch din bad kharab o jati ha kya iska koi Hal ha to plz btaen thanks a lot Allah hafiz
English please?
English please?
Aur Baji plz evaporated milk
Aur Baji plz evaporated milk n condense milk k Jo tin hn unka b zror btayega k kesy save kr skty hn after opening tin thnx
Please translate for me?
Please translate for me?
Salam
Salam
Can i make this chicken using boneless chicken as i don’t have chicken with bone 🙁
If yes, then how many tomatoes for 500gm chicken.
Jazaak Allah
W/Salaam, this recipe does
W/Salaam, this recipe does not use any tomatoes.
Hey gonna try this week.
Hey gonna try this week. Added in menu.all your recipes turn out delicious… Always finger licking..when i take the recipe from other website my family will point out that its not fauzias. Lol thanx to b our life saviour. May Allah help u always. Ameen
Guess what? I m making this
Guess what? I m making this dish with meat..will let u know the results. I’ll boil it at the last stage.
Sa i tried this with meat n
Sa i tried this with meat n it turned out very good. Just that it didn’t turn out green as in the pic. Lol. I boiled the meat where the recipe says cover n cook for five min
W/Salaam Ismat, thanks for
W/Salaam Ismat, thanks for letting me know! 😀
Assalamu Alaikum Fauzia
Assalamu Alaikum Fauzia
Just tried ur recipe….loved it Maa Sha Allah!! 🙂 Jazakallah for being so generous in sharing ur recipes…May Allah reward u for d same In Sha Allah!!
I’m having difficulty in registering with ur site….can u plz help me?? I got d confirmation email 2 login but wen i enter the password, its not accepting. N wat is d difference btw current n new password. Plz help.
W/Salaam, thanks Zohra. Ameen
W/Salaam, thanks Zohra. Ameen to your dua. I will email you your registered details. You are already registered (otherwise you would not have been able to post the above comment). Are you trying to change your password? That is the place you are at if you saw current/new password options. 🙂
As u see the pic even test so
As u see the pic even test so yummy when u eat. Thanx a lot. I cant wait to cook again
hii fauzia, I made this twice
hii fauzia, I made this twice, but my masala wasn’t green as shown in the pic.. white color curry was seen :(.. but yet it tasted so good that even made it on my birthday 🙂
how many servings?
how many servings?
One chicken would normally
One chicken would normally serve 4-5 people.
Salam. My meal did not end up
Salam. My meal did not end up with even a hint of green. It was white because of yogurt and cream. What could I have done wrong? I followed recipe exactly as written. Any help would be appreciated.
W/Salaam, that is strange.
W/Salaam, that is strange. How much fresh coriander did you use? Because a whole cup of it should give more than a little hint of green at least. Did you use more cream/yoghurt by accident maybe?
Am so sorry Janat! I just re
Am so sorry Janat! I just re-checked my recipe and noticed that a crucial ingredient (1 cup of chopped coriander) was missing. We are revamping the layout of the recipes, adding servings and so on and this ingredient must have slipped through during the editing. Again, am really sorry and hope at least the taste was alright inspite of it being a white chicken recipe instead of a green one? Hope you get to try it once more now that we have fixed the ingredients list, and thanks for your comment which helped bring this to our attention! 🙂
Hi, one cup coriander would
Hi, one cup coriander would be equal to one medium-sized bunch or half bunch? Thanks in advance.
Hi, just roughly chop and
Hi, just roughly chop and fill a cup.
cardamom means white cardamom
cardamom means white cardamom or black one??
White or green ones are fine.
White or green ones are fine.
Your post about the marinade
Your post about the marinade is a bit tricky or I guess the way you worded it. In the ingredient section you have written “marinate the chicken in the ingredients below with a half cup of yoghurt for about half an hour” and then in the instructions you have written “add the chicken without the marinade”
So you want us to marinade the chicken first. When it has marinaded you want us to take the chicken out from the marinade and cook it a bit.Then after 5 mins add the marinade. Am I right? Is this what we are suppose to do?
Exactly. 🙂
Exactly. 🙂
Can you tell me what cream
Can you tell me what cream you are talking about exactly? Thanks a lot!
Any light cooking cream, like
Any light cooking cream, like fresh cream or single cream. Or you can even dilute some whipping cream with milk to lighten it and then use.
Hi….fouzia…..my.masala
Hi….fouzia…..my.masala dint turn out green,but it tasted awesome!!!! I followed the exact recipe….I dunno Wer I went wrong…..but later on when I checked ur measurement notes,i came to know that you used 200ml as a cup….and i used 240 ml….will that cause a difference…
Hi, I think the colour
Hi, I think the colour depends on how long the mixture is cooked. The longer it is cooked the darker it gets. But as long as the taste was good that is the main thing that matters. 🙂
Appa,I didnt get it either
Appa,I didnt get it either wat dat meant chicken widut marinate n later d marinate??didid u meant it we will only add the chicken which we kept for marinated for half an hhr n later add the remaining marinated paste??I knw same quesn but plz clarify 🙂
Yes exactly what you wrote.
Yes exactly what you wrote. First just the chicken removed from the marinade, and then add the marinade paste.
Will make today In shaa Allah
Will make today In shaa Allah…. I love to make ur recipes….
Can we use yogurt instead of
Can we use yogurt instead of cream?
Yes you can, but cream gives
Yes you can, but cream gives better results.
Hello im just wondering
Hello im just wondering something.. So i followed the recipe exactly but my chicken wasnt green and the texture was different too, it tasted really good though so im not too worried but I think the part where it says to marinade with all the ingredients, did you forget to add we have to blend them first to make a paste? If not, then i really cant think why it didnt turn out green
Hi, yes the green mixture
Hi, yes the green mixture needs to be blended. I have edited it into the recipe, sorry about that. I believe it was there before but am not sure what must have happened, bit of the recipe went missing.
If i don’t have yogurt for
If i don’t have yogurt for the marinate what i can substitute it with / will it make a difference if i omit it ?
Please reply soon, Thanks
You need it for tenderising
You need it for tenderising the chicken and adding texture and volume to the gravy. The results may not be exactly the same without it. You can use sour cream if you do not have yoghurt.
fauzia which cardimom u use
fauzia which cardimom u use black or greeen one
Green.
Green.
Is cooking cream okay ?
Is cooking cream okay ?
Yes it is fine.
Yes it is fine.
Do you have to add cream to
Do you have to add cream to the marinade first step?
Yes, 1 tbsp is to be added to
Yes, 1 tbsp is to be added to the marinade.
Hello dear Fauzia-I had a
Hello dear Fauzia-I had a question. First step of instructions say to marinate chicken for 1/2 hour. Is there any reason I shouldn’t/couldn’t marinate for longer (say even overnight)? Thanks!
Hello, yes you can marinate
Hello, yes you can marinate anywhere from half an hour up to overnight, totally ok. 🙂
Thank you! I love to be able
Thank you! I love to be able to marinate overnight, also because it gives me a head start on the recipe leaving more time the next day to prepare more goodies:) This chicken turned out awesome, the gravy so creamy and such an amazing color of green. Can’t wait to make again soon!