Recipe: Perfect Chicken and Kasuri Methi Fried Rice

Chicken and Kasuri Methi Fried Rice. Indian Methi Chicken - Murg Methi (Fenugreek Chicken): An Indulgent and Fragrant Indian chicken recipe made using fresh methi leaves or dried kasuri methi (fenugreek leaves), yogurt and spices. Perfect for weeknights or special occasions. Paired with roti, bread, rice or quinoa.

To prepare the Methi Chicken, heat oil in a pan add cumin,onion and cook till golden brown, add turmeric, ginger garlic paste, add tomatoes, chilli powder, coriander powder, and whisked curd and cook covered till well cooked. Add methi leaves, chicken and cook till the sauce is thick. Add coriander leaves and garam masala powder. You can cook Chicken and Kasuri Methi Fried Rice using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken and Kasuri Methi Fried Rice

1. It's 700 gm of Chicken breast cubes.
2. You need 2 tsp of Ginger garlic paste.
3. You need 2 tsp of Salt.
4. It's 1 tbsp of Red chilli flakes.
5. It's 3 tbsp of Kasuri Methi.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin powder.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of Pav Bhaji masala.
8. It's 2 tsp of Black Pepper powder.
9. Prepare 1 of small bunch Coriander Leaves finely chopped.
10. You need 1 of Capsicum finely chopped.
11. You need 2-3 of Carrots finely chopped.
12. It's 1/2 cup of boiled Green Peas.
13. You need 1 of Maggi seasoning cube.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of Caraway Seeds.
15. You need 700 gm of Rice.
16. Prepare 1 tbsp of Lemon juice.

Super fragrant and tasty chicken dish made using methi leaves. This chicken dish taste great with rice, roti, phulka as well. The methi chicken is made using onion paste, yogurt, methi leaves…No tomatoes have been used. It is in the form of a gravy … Without using dahi or curd the use of methi does not taste good and therefore in order to get the right flavors of methi use of dairy products such as malai, yogurt or cream is essential.

Chicken and Kasuri Methi Fried Rice step by step

1. Soak rice in enough water for 20 minutes. Cook al dente with caraway seeds and maggi seasoning cubes. Also add salt as per taste and a tablespoon of lemon juice for a fluffier rice..
2. In a cooking pot, heat oil and saute onions with ginger garlic paste until light pinkish in colour. Add chicken cubes to the pot along with the other spices one by one. Also add kasuri methi to it. Mix well and saute until the chicken is done. Also add the veggies of your choice now..
3. Do not cook them much as they should retain the crunch. Adjust spices according to taste. Cover and simmer for 15-18 minutes on a medium high heat. Add in cooked rice and mix well taking care not to break the grains..
4. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with mint raita as i did to your family and guests..

Methi chicken is one of the most flavorful, delicious & simple dish made by simmering chicken in moderately spicy masala along with fenugreek leaves aka methi. It goes well with plain rice, roti, naan or with paratha. Methi leaves are one of the most commonly used greens in India. I recently had Methi Chicken at a restaurant and wanted to try it out at home. Today I prepared Menthi chicken after consulting my goto guru a.k.a google.