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Nepali-Style Chicken Chukauni

🍽️3 Servings
📅Jun 3, 2026

Ingredients

400 g boneless chicken thigh or breast, cubed
2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp lemon juice
Light spray or brush of oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1-2 green chillies, chopped
3 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped (divided)
1 cup thick curd or Greek yogurt
1 tsp garlic paste
½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
1.5 tbsp mustard oil
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
½ tsp ground fenugreek

Instructions

1
Mix chicken with ginger-garlic, spices, lemon and salt. Rest 10-15 minutes.
2
Pan-fry in a lightly oiled pan until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a bowl.
3
Add onion, chillies and half the coriander to the chicken.
4
Whisk yogurt with garlic, salt and sugar until smooth.
5
Heat mustard oil until smoking, turn off the heat, add turmeric, chilli powder and fenugreek.
6
Pour hot tadka into the yogurt, swirling gently.
7
Spoon the yogurt mixture over the chicken, mix gently and finish with remaining coriander.