4tablespooncilantroor fresh corriander, grounded into paste with little oil
Garnish
Salad leaves
Onions ring
Cucumber slices
Instructions
For Chicken
Wash and pat dry the chicken pieces. Then, incise deep cuts in the chicken across the grains. (Check video for details.)
Mix all the ingredients of marinade in a bowl. Then rub marinade thoroughly over the chicken pieces . Rest the chicken for 30 minutes on the kitchen counter.
Then, heat oil in a pan and add all ingredients of tempering. Crackle the spices for few second then add chicken. Flip the chicken from side to side to coat it with the tempering.
Add water and cover the pan. Cook chicken for 20 minutes on medium heat until tender.
Serve chicken with fresh salad and cilantro garlic sauce drizzled over it.
For sauce:
While chicken marinates, prepare the sauce by grounded cilantro with little oil into a paste.
Mix this paste with mayonnaise and garlic paste. Sauce is ready.
Video
Notes
You may marinate chicken up to 12 hours ahead, keep the marinated chicken in fridge.