SPICY GONGURA CHICKEN (Spicy Chicken with Sorrel Leaves)

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Cooking Time : 30 min. 
To Serve for   : TWO

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Chicken is my all time favourite food. We can cook wide range of tasteful dishes with chicken because it absorbs all the spices & masalas easily and tastes wonderful with all combinations. Because of my busy working hours, I always love to cook quick recipes with the available ingredients at home. I bought chicken and already have Gongura (Sorrel Leaves) at home. We regularly prefer the combination of gongura with mutton. But I thought of combining Chicken and gongura and preparing "Spicy Gongura Chicken" today. Gongura gives a tangy taste and Jeera adds superb flavour to my recipe. 

I am cooking this dish in village style because in our villages, we cook chicken recipes without marinating chicken. So prior preparation is not needed for my dish today. I directly started the dish by cooking chicken (boneless) in hot oil along with little turmeric powder and salt. Salt helps in releasing the moisture. After 10 minutes, I added garlic cloves, green chillies, few curry leaves and cooked again for 10 min. adding little water. Then added red chilly powder, jeera, coriander leaves+ginger+garlic paste and mixed well. Finally added Gongura / Sorrel leaves and cooked for 2 min. by closing the lid. Before dishing out added coriander powder and sprinkled few coriander leaves and cooked till the water gets evaporate and becomes thick. Tasty, tangy and delicious "SPICY GONGURA CHICKEN" is ready to taste now. 

I am giving a step-by-step process along with photos and making video also. Please check out and try it out today. Its simple, easy, quick to make dish. Spicy Gongura Chicken tastes awesome with all kinds of rotis and plain rice. Kids will love the taste and you can even easily pack it for their lunch. Enjoy this authentic, awesome village recipe...! Happy Cooking...!!!

INGREDIENTS : 
150 grams Chicken (Boneless)
1 ladle Oil
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
3/4 tsp Salt
5 Garlic Cloves
5 Green Chillies
1/4 cup Water
Few Curry Leaves
3/4 tsp Red Chilly Powder
1/4 tsp Jeera
1/2 tsp Coriander leaves + Ginger + Garlic Paste
1 cup Gongura / Sorrel Leaves
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
Few Coriander leaves

METHOD : 
1) Heat Oil in a pan.
2) Add Chicken, turmeric powder, salt to taste and mix well.
3) Close the lid and cook for 10 minutes.
4) Add onions, garlic cloves, green chillies and little water to cook.
5) Add curry leaves, close the lid and cook for 10 minutes again.
6) Add 3/4 tsp Red Chilly powder, jeera, coriander leaves + ginger + garlic paste and mix well.
7) Now add Gongura / Sorrel leaves, mix once.
8) Close the lid and cook for just 2 min. to make the gongura leaves soft.
9) Finally add Coriander powder, sprinkle few coriander leaves.
10) Cook till all the water get evaporated and it gets thick.
11) Dish out and serve hot with Roti / Rice.
12) Enjoy the taste of SPICY GONGURA CHICKEN

Note : 
1) Cook gongura / sorrel leaves for only 2 min. It gets soft very quick and blends easily with chicken.
2) No need of adding lemon juice because gongura gives enough sourness to the dish.