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Coriander Chicken / Cilantro Chicken / Dhania Murg

Posted on Mar 21, 2012 · Last Updated on Jun 23, 2020 by Uma Ramanujam · 23 Comments

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If you love the freshness of coriander leaves and its taste, then this chicken gravy is for you.

I love coriander flavor a lot. Whenever I see fresh coriander, I pick it without fail and prepares this thogayal which is my family favourite. After making the thogayal this time, I used the left over coriander to make coriander chicken gravy. I didn’t add any other aromatic spices to the gravy to maintain the flavor of the coriander.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Idle Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

For Marinade:

Chicken drumsticks / Boneless chicken – 400 grams

Plain Yogurt / Curd – 3 tablespoons

Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – a pinch

Salt – 1/4 teaspoon

For Gravy:

Fresh coriander leaves – 1 cup, finely chopped, very tightly packed

Onion – 1/2 cup, very finely chopped

Tomato – 1 no, small size, cubed

Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Salt – to taste

Green chillies – 2-3 nos, slit

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoons

Curry leaves – 1 string

Method:

For Marinade:

1) Mix all the ingredients given for marinade in a large bowl or Ziploc bag.

 

2) Mix well so that the masala coats well to all sides of the chicken pieces.

3) Keep inside the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 8 hours(overnight).

For Gravy:

1) In a kadai / non-stick pan, heat oil.

2) Throw cumin seeds and allow them to splutter.

3) Add onion and 1 slit green chilli and fry till they are translucent. Make sure onions are completely soft.

4) Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute or till the raw smell of garlic disappears.

5) Add chicken marinade along with the curd in it.

6) Stir and cover. Cook in low flame for 10-15 minutes. Chicken pieces will leave out water at this stage.

7) When the chicken is cooking, grind the curry leaves along with coriander leaves and remaining green chilli. Keep it aside.

8) Check the chicken now. If it is half done, then add tomato, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt. Stir well.

9) Cook till the raw smell of masala disappears.

10) Add coriander leaves paste to the chicken and stir well. Make sure not to burn the gravy.

11) Cover again and cook in low flame until the chicken is completely soft, well cooked and the oil separates from the gravy. You will get chicken in medium consistency gravy at this stage.

12) Taste and adjust the seasoning as per preference.

13) Serve hot with chapathior steamed rice.

Note:

1) Add more coriander leaves if you like.

2) You can also grind all the green chillies along with coriander leaves.

3) Add roasted poppy seeds while grinding if you prefer.

4) Instead of tomato add a small pinch of soaked tamarind and grind with coriander leaves. Or skip both if you dont’ like the slight sour taste in the gravy.

Linking this recipe to Julie’s event EP Series ~ Herbs and Spices monthly series titled “Coriander and Cumin“

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Aarthi
Aarthi
11 years ago

wow..such a flavourful chicken gravy

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Vimitha Durai
Vimitha Durai
11 years ago

Amma makes this and I love it with ghee rice… Looks so inviting

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

Flavourful and yummy

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Akila
Akila
11 years ago

Yummy yummy chicken…mmmmmhhhhh

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Reshmi Mahesh
Reshmi Mahesh
11 years ago

Super yummy looking chicken…

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PrathibhaSreejith
PrathibhaSreejith
11 years ago

Yummy looking coriander chicken, I love the coriander flavor as well. Pics are awesome Uma..

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Faseela
Faseela
11 years ago

yunmmy coriander chicken dear….awesome…

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Christy Gerald
Christy Gerald
11 years ago

Simply so good.Luks delish n yumm Dear. Fabulously done

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Sobha Shyam
Sobha Shyam
11 years ago

flavourful and delicious green chicken 🙂

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Julie
Julie
11 years ago

Greeny green chicken,flavorful n delicious n tempting too:-)
Thanx for linking it to my event:-)
Cook in any recipe with Cilantro/Cumin as one of the main ingredients & rush it in my EP Series-Herbs n Spices
Erivum Puliyum

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Pushpa
Pushpa
11 years ago

Looks delicious Uma.

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Sangeetha M
Sangeetha M
11 years ago

very flavorful n yummy chicken recipe…too tempting!!
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Indian Khana
Indian Khana
11 years ago

Looks delicious and love the pics

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Sravs
Sravs
11 years ago

Inviting chicken !! looks very tempting !!

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hemalata
hemalata
11 years ago

Yummy n very tempting chicken,looks so inviting.

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Suja Manoj
Suja Manoj
11 years ago

Color and gravy looks awesome..love it.

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anthony stemke
anthony stemke
11 years ago

The photographs are beautiful here. I love coriander and this dish is going to taste wonderful.

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www.mahaslovelyhome.com
www.mahaslovelyhome.com
11 years ago

yummy chicken in cool color…..looks great.vl try this.nice cliks too
Maha

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cookingvarieties
cookingvarieties
11 years ago

hi uma, this looks different from most chicken gravy that i have seen and having lots of cilantro sounds like an interesting recipe. happy sunday

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Anonymous
Anonymous
7 years ago

I tried this it came out really delicious… Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous
Anonymous
7 years ago

I tried this recipe it came out really delicious..Thanks for sharing this recipe

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Anonymous
Anonymous
5 years ago

This recipe turns out great every time. Thank you for sharing it!!

S

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Anonymous
Anonymous
4 years ago

Have tried this recipe several times and has always turned out well. and appreciated by family and friends. Thanks for sharing this recipe

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