Usually the non-veg dishes have a heavy dose of oil as ingredient. But for people who are conscious about their fat intake, especially the gym lovers and body builders, opt for a low oil food. They too need to woo their crave for a tasty non-veg dish – so we are going to prepare a gravy that has 0% oil and at the same time flavourful and tastier. Lets prepare it in a simple and easy way.
Ingredients
- Chicken – 500 grams
- Chilli powder – 1/2 tbsp
- Garam masala powder – 1/4 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tbsp
- Cumin powder – 1/2 tbsp
- Ginger – 100 grams
- Garlic – 100 grams
- Green chilli – 5
- Onion – 200 g
- Salt – 1/2 tbsp
- Tomato – 150g
- Curd – 100ml
Things to be done before we start cooking
- Wash and clean the 500 grams of chicken – then dry off the water.
- Onion – 200 grams (2 medium sized onion), peel the skin and cut into thin slices.
- Green chilli – 5 (small sized) – wash and keep it ready.
- Take 100 grams of peeled ginger and 100 grams of garlic, grind them together in our mixy jar to obtain a paste – called the “Ginger-garlic” paste.
- Tomato – 150 grams (2 medium sized) – cut into small pieces.
Steps to Prepare
1 Take a 3-litre capacity pan. Place it on the burner and turn on the flame to HIGH MODE.
2 Put in –
- Chicken – 500 grams
- Onions – 200 grams (cut into thin slices)
- Green Chillies – 5 (no need to cut if its small, if its big then cut into two and add)
- Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tablespoons
- Salt – 1/2 tablespoon
Stir and mix well for 20 seconds.
3 Now –
- Turn the flame to LOW MODE.
- Close the pan with a lid.
- Let the contents get cooked in LOW flame for the next 15 minutes.
4 After 15 minutes of cooking, remove the lid and stir a little.
At this time, we can see that the chicken pieces would have got cooked 75%.
(we can find water in the pan – we never added water – but the water found in pan is the water that oozes out from chicken pieces and ginger garlic paste)
5 Now let’s add –
- Tomato – 150 g (cut into small)
- Garam Masala powder – 1/4 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tbsp
- Cumin powder – 1/2 tbsp
- Chilli powder – 1/2 tbsp
- Curd – 100 ml (or 3 tablespoons)
Note: If we want to skip adding curd, we can skip it (because curd has a little of fat).
Stir well to mix all the contents. The water that oozes out from tomatoes is enough to cook the chicken pieces for the next 15 minutes.
6 Let the flame be in LOW MODE. Close the pan with a vessel. Let the contents get cooked in low flame for the next 15 minutes.
7 After 15 min, remove the lid. Stir gently. Garnish with coriander leaves. Our oil less dish is ready to be served.
