Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• 500 gms Chicken
• 1 tbsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 2 tbsp pepper powder
• 2 big Onions chopped
• 1 sprig of curry leaves ( leaves separated)
• 4 to 5 green chilly slit lengthwise
• 1 tsp of dark soya sauce
• Oil
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Marinate the chicken in pepper powder, salt , ginger paste, garlic paste and 1 tbsp of oil for 20 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a non stick thick bottom pan. Add curry leaves, when curry leaves splutter add chopped onions and slit green chilly and roast till the onion turns transparent.
3. Add marinated chicken and mix well.
4. Add 1 tsp of dark soya sauce and mix well.
5. Cook in low flame for approximate 20 minutes or till chicken is cooked.
6. Adjust salt as per taste
7. Serve hot with steamed rice or roti.

 Tips

• Add freshly ground pepper powder while marinating the chicken, this gives a very nice peppery aroma to the dish
• Finely chopped capsicum can also be added to the dish along with onions