Chicken Koila (Coal) Karahi- A Recipe Cooked on Burning Coals with Smoky Taste

Recipe Overview:

Coal and smoky flavor of this excellent chicken karahi makes it an unbeatable and highly rich dish all over the world. Most food lovers keep having this excellent and tastiest chicken recipe regularly on weekends. This dish is also quite friendly and time efficient to be cooked at home.

Specialty of This Recipe:

Cooking this recipe on burning coals rather than stove flame is a big and interesting specialty that declares this recipe a rich in taste and unique in smoky flavor.

Important Notes:

If you want to maximize taste and flavor of this chicken karahi, then you should use a clay pot to cook instead of metallic pan or karahi.

Required Ingredients:

Obviously; you will need following ingredients in mentioned ratio or quantity to cook this amazing and best chicken karahi comfortably.

i) Chicken 1 Kg

ii) Cooking Oil 1.5 cup

iii) Salt 1/2 Tsp

iv) Coal (Koyla) 2 Kg

v) Medium sized Tomatoes 6 (Half sliced or chopped)

vi) Fresh water 1 cup

vii) Ginger-Garlic water or paste 2 TBS

viii) Red chili flakes 1 TBS

ix) Green chili half sliced 5-6

x) Dry coriander powder 1 Tsp

xi) Mixed spices (Garam Masala) 1 Tsp

xii) Black pepper powder 1/2 TBS

xiii) Thick yogurt 100 gm (Optional)

xiv) Julian cutting Ginger 1 TBS (Garnish)

xv) Fresh green Coriander leaves 1 TBS (Garnish)

Directions to Cook Karahi:

Now, it is right time to begin cooking "Chicken Koyla Karahi" with a mouthwatering taste and genuine coal flavor.

1-Burn the coals and put a cooking pan or metallic karahi on the fire

2-Add cooking oil and let it warm completely

3-Add chicken pieces and start frying it for 5-6 minutes regularly

4-After frying chicken, remove extra oil and add salt, ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes

5-Now, keep frying the chicken for 3 minutes and add 1 cup of water and place a lid for 10 minutes

6-Remove the lid and keep removing skin of tomatoes and mash them well

7-Now, add red chili flakes and dry coriander powder in the recipe and cook it gently

8-Add green chili and yogurt if you want extra gravy; otherwise you can skip yogurt

9-Cook it for 4 minutes and add mixed spices and black pepper

10-Mix these spices well and cook for 2 minutes

11-Your chicken karahi is ready and now dish out it and sprinkle Julian cutting ginger and fresh green coriander leaves for garnishing

Serving:

Total servings 4-5people

Use Roti, Paratha or Naan to serve this chicken koyla karahi to your guests!