South Indian Style Pepper Chicken Fry is the spicy peppery coated masala it’s simple and tasty to the core. It has a whole lot of flavors and aroma that goes extremely well with anything.
Update Notes: This post was originally posted in 2014 but was rewritten and republished with new photos and step by step instructions and tips in July of 2019.
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How do you make pepper chicken dry?
- Heat up oil, add seasonings, add in onions, ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and cook them until everything turns mushy.
- Add in chicken, freshly ground pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt.
- Cover and cook the chicken for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked.
Why this Recipe work?
- Cooking in GINGELLY OIL is the key ingredient to make this pepper chicken delicious.
- Freshly homemade ground pepper powder again nothing can beat the flavors of freshly ground.
FAQ:
Any other oil is recommended to make pepper chicken?
- Similarly like gingerly oil, you can also make this recipe peanut oil, sunflower oil or vegetable oil.
What part of cut is best to make pepper chicken?
- You can certainly make this recipe with any part of chicken like tenderloin, thigh, drumstick, whole wings, breast fillet.
Variations:
- You can add 1 tsp of chili powder along with pepper powder to make it very spicy.
Grind pepper powder+ 1 tsp of fennel seeds to make fine powder- this gives you more flavor. - You Follow the same method to make in vegetables like mushroom, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, cottage cheese.
How do you store leftovers?
- Place the leftover in the fridge for 2 to 3 days in an air-tight container.
- To Re-heat: Re-heat the leftover for 5 to 7 mins over the medium heat.
How do you serve pepper chicken?
This pepper chicken can be best Served with steam rice, Indian bread or starter.
How to make Pepper chicken with step by step pictures:
Heat up gingerly oil, add mustards seeds and dry red chillies.
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Madurai Pepper Chicken Fry
Madurai Pepper Chicken – South Indian Style Pepper Chicken Fry is the spicy peppery coated masala fry, it’s simple and tasty to the core. It has a whole lot of flavors and aroma that goes extremely well with anything.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 3 people 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 500 Gram Chicken
- 3 Onion (medium size)
- 1 Tomato (big size)
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 3 tbsp Dry red chilli
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1.5 tsp Pepper powder (use according to ur spice level)
- 0.5 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt- to taste.
- 1 Bunch Coriander leaves
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 3 tsp Gingelly
- 1 sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- In a fry pan, add gingelly oil, once it heats up add the mustard seeds and dry chilli.
- Add curry leaves. let it splutter. Add onions and fry till the onions are translucent,and add the gingergarlic paste and fry till the raw smell leaves off.
- Add in tomatoes and sauté it for sometime.
- Once it is sautéed well, add the pepper powder and turmeric powder, stir occasionally, make sure do not burn, sprinkle some water if needed.
- Now add the chicken, sauté for 3 mins,cover and cook for 10 to 12mins
- Cook until you get the desired consistency.
- Sprinkle some coriander leaves or curry leaves.
- Serve hot with rice or roti.
Notes
HOW DO YOU MAKE PEPPER CHICKEN DRY?
- Heat up oil, add seasonings, add in onions, ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and cook them until everything turns mushy.
- Add in chicken, freshly ground pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt.
- Cover and cook the chicken for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked.
WHAT MAKES THIS RECIPE ABSOLUTELY TASTY? (Reason to Love!)
- Cooking in GINGELLY OIL is the key ingredient to make this pepper chicken delicious.
- Freshly homemade ground pepper powder again nothing can beat the flavors of freshly ground.
Nice recipe! I saw in the pictures when to add the tomatoes since they are missing in the text, but I’m still unsure of when and how to add the curry leaves?
Hello!! Thank u for notifying me,updated now.Add the tomatoes after adding the ginger garlic paste. Sprinkle some curry leaves on top once the recipe is done.
Thank you 🙂
Akka……super,..Awesome recipe !!!
hi akka ! 🙂
gonna try it 😀
Yes!! My bro..
My favorite pepper chicken and your recipe looks delicious!!!! Super tempting pictures!!!
Hai Meena kumar, Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful presentation same like always,even I follow d same method.but ur cliks r tempting,
Hai Anupa! Thank you for stopping by!
Where is the turmeric powder in the ingredients list?
Hai jay,forget to mention in the list.. thanks for notifying me 🙂 will update now!
Its good recipe
U can add little bit of oregano
Looks very tasty because i like pepper fry
Hai Esme stent, Thank you!
Looks very nice please send more
Hii Nithi,
Tried this dish! It came out really well! all credits 2 nithi!
A small request! please post some kootu and poriyal varieties dear!! it would be really helpful for people like me, who break head 2 make varieties for lunch!! 🙂 🙂
Hello!! Deepu.. Thank you so much!! Im glad you liked it..
Thank you for your receipe. It came out really delicious..
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