How to make a simple, light chicken gravy for summer time - Old Indian Kitchen
Hello everyone, welcome back to your kitchen.
Summer is nearly here at your door. In this season, people love to have light less spicy food. So I am bringing a very simple chicken gravy recipe to you. I believe that it is one of the best summer non veg recipe and hope it will make your summer happy happy.
Ingredients:
- Fresh chicken pieces 500 grams.
- Onion slices (2 onion)
- Chopped tomato 1
- Chili 2
- Curd without water 30 grams.
- Whole garam masala (cloves 2, cardamom 2, cinnamon 1 inch).
- Gram masala powder 1 tbsp.
- Cumin powder 1 tbsp.
- Fried cashew pieces 1 tbsp.
- Oil 3 tbsp
- Turmeric 1/2 tbsp
- Salt
- Sugar 1/3 tbsp.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in the cooking pan.
- Simmer the gas.
- First add the whole garam masala.
- Once they starts cracking.
- Add onion slices.
- Fry them well .
- Add chopped tomatoes.
- Add turmeric powder.
- Fry and mix all together.
- Now add the chicken pieces.
- Fry them well and cover them for 3 to 4 minutes.
- After that add cumin powder and again saute them well.
- Add 3 tbsp of curd without water.
- Add sugar and salt.
- Allow the dish to be cooked in simmer for 10 minutes.
- After that, add the remaining curds to the dish.
- Add 1 cup of warm water.
- Cut the chilies above the dish.
- Allow the dish to be boiled for 10 minutes.
- Mix them well.
- Check the salt once and turn off the heat.
- Mix 1 tbsp of garam masala.
- Garnish the dish with fried cashew.
- Serve it warm with chapati or steam rice.
We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.
Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection
Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.
Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.
Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.
Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.
Ginger benefits:
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.
Pach Phoron and benefits:
Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.
Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.
Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.
Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.
Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5 It is a natural mouth freshner.
Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.
