Lazeez Chicken Hyderabadi

Name: Lazeez Chicken Hyderabadi
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Deccani (Hyderabadi)
Ingredients: 1200 g chicken; 4.5 tsp hot sauce; 4.5 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 0.75 cup tomato ketchup; 1 tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp vinegar; 4 tsp plain yogurt; 3.5 lemons; 0.5 tsp saffron; 10 curry leaves; 3 green chilies; 2 tsp salt; 0.25 cup water

Chicken, tomato ketchup and yogurt come together in this dish, fragrant with ginger and chilli and cooked in a pan. It comes to the table with rotis, parathas or rice.

1 hr 25 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 40 min · Cook 45 min · 85 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Cut the chicken into pieces, wash them and keep them in an open vessel so that all the pieces of the chicken touch the surface of the vessel.
2
Apply ginger-garlic paste on the chicken and toss to coat it well with the paste. Add salt, lime juice, hot sauce, tomato ketchup and mix again.
3
Add yogurt, chilli powder and vinegar. Mix again. Add food colour and mix. Heat oil in a skillet.
4
Fry curry leaves and green chillies in it. Keep aside. When the oil is warm, add this oil to the chicken.
5
Cook the chicken on high flame for 10 minutes. DO NOT cover the dish with a lid while chicken is cooking.
10 min
6
Reduce the flame. Cover. Cook till the gravy reduces and oil starts leaving the sides of the vessel.
7
Remove from flame. Allow standing time of 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a serving dish. Garnish with fried curry leaves, green chillies, corriander leaves, sliced tomatoes and onion rings.
5 min
8
Serve hot with rotis, parathas and/or rice.