Recipe 5: Chicken curry with rice flour.

Among the numerous chicken recipes available worldwide some of them remain close to our heart forever. I came across this particular recipe in internet few months back and since then it has been one of my favourites, as I always like to keep my food simple and healthy. This recipe is from Arunachal Pradesh. Here roasted rice flour is used with the chicken which will add a great texture to the dish with a thicken gravy and that is how it adds magic to the dish. It goes well with steamed rice.

Ingredients: 300gms of chicken, 3 medium potatoes, 1tablespoon of roasted rice flour, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 2 teaspoons of ginger garlic paste, 5 to 6 green chillis,2 medium onion, salt as per taste, 1 and half tablespoons cooking oil and water.

Method: Take a bowl and add the chicken, roasted rice flour, turmeric powder, salt and marinate it for half an hour. After half an hour the chicken is ready to cook.

Now take a pressure cooker or any pan and add oil to it and heat it. Here I have used a pressure cooker. As the oil gets heated up add the chopped onion and sauté it till it softens. Then add the ginger garlic paste and sauté it for 2 minutes.Next add the potatoes to it and cook for a minute. Now add the marinated chicken to it and give everything a good stir and cook it in medium flame for 4 minutes, then add 1 and half cup of water to the dish and wait for the first boil. Once it starts boiling add the slitted green chillis.

Now, mix 2 teaspoons of roasted rice flour with some water in a bowl and make a paste of it and add the paste to the dish, mix it and cover the lid of the pressure cooker and wait for 3 whistles. Then let the pressure get released on its own and open the lid and chicken curry is ready to be served.