Long, lean and green refreshing cucumber is considered as a vegetable in today’s culinary world. Though technically it’s a fruit. Two kinds of cucumbers are available: slicing cucumber and pickling cucumber. The slicing cucumber is mainly used for salads and pickling cucumber is used for making pickles. Slicing cucumbers are longer than the pickling cucumbers.
In this recipe, slicing cucumber is used with the chicken which will give a light watery texture to the gravy whereas, the green color of the peel of cucumber will add a refreshing look to the dish. As the cucumber is itself made of 95 percent of water so, only 3/4th cup of water is required for the whole recipe. Overall it’s a healthy recipe ideal for summer.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of chicken.
- 1 medium sized cucumber cut into cubes.
- 1 medium sized onion finely chopped.
- 1 small sized tomato finely chopped.
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste.
- 4 slit green chillies.
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder.
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder.
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds powder.
- Salt as per taste.
- 1 and half tablespoon cooking oil.
- 3/4th cup of water.
Method:
- Heat a pan and add oil to it.
- Add the onion and ginger garlic paste. Sauté it until it softens.
- Then add tomato, stir it and cook for 2 minutes.
- Next add turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder and coriander seeds powder and cook it for few minutes or until oil oozes out from the masala mix.
- Then add the chicken, give a quick mix with the masala mix and cook for 5 minutes.
- Next add cucumber pieces and the slit green chillies and stir it and cook for 2 minutes.
- Then add water, cover the pan with a lid and cook until the chicken is fully cooked and the water is reduced to half.
- At last adjust the salt and the dish is ready to be served.
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