Lemon chicken

Hi friends. The temperature is continuing to soar outside. To beat the heat you must drink a lot of fluids and try using a lot of fresh lemon juice in your diet to keep the body hydrated. 

So here is my 'LEMON CHICKEN" Recipe for summer.

This dish is also called "Gondhoraj Lebu Chicken" 

INGREDIENTS:

• 500 gms of chicken breast (cut into pieces)
• Lime juice:3 Tbsp
• Onion paste:1 Tbsp
• Garlic paste:1Tbsp
• Ginger paste:1tsp 
• Curd: 2 Tbsp
• Green chilly paste:1 Tbsp
• Green chilly: 2-3 slit into two pieces
• Coriander powder: 1Tbsp
• Small cardamom: 4
• Lemon peel: 1 tsp 
• Lemon leaves: 7
• 1 tsp of oil for marination
• 2 Tbsp of oil for cooking
• Salt and sugar according to your taste

Those who wants it more spicy can add more chillies as per need.

PROCEDURE:

• Marinate the chicken with Ginger, garlic, onion, chilly paste (mentioned above), 3-4 lemon leaves and lemon juice, Add 1 tsp of oil for binding and salt according to your taste, add lemon peel for achieving a strong lemon flavor (but not much otherwise it will become bitter) Marinate for 2-5 hours
• Note: Before cooking please remove the the lemon leaves, as they will become bitter during cooking.
•  Now heat 2 Tablespoons of oil in a pan and add the cardamom into the oil.
• After 2 minutes add the marinated chicken and cover the pan and cook in medium flame.
• When the chicken starts releasing water then add the yogurt (hung curd), salt and 1 tsp of sugar to it.
• Place the lid and cover the pan and let the chicken cook thoroughly.
• When the chicken has boiled thoroughly and it has started becoming dry, you can add 2-3 fresh green lemon leaves and the slit green chillies to the dish. 
• Cook for 3-5 mins and serve hot.

Can be served with fried rice / white rice

PS: For Bengalis residing at Kolkata and others who can get "gondhoraj lebu" (a special type of lemon that's bigger in size and has a strong fragrance) please do use that instead of the small lime.

             

                                  Gondhoraj lemon (India)