Equipment
- Chopping board
- Bowl
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 13 oz chicken thigh (Roughly 370g)
Vegetables
- 1 tomato (roughly 72g)
- ⅓ cup chopped red onion
- ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
- 1 green chili (As per taste)
- 1 dry red chili
- 1 tbsp chopped green onion (optional)
Seasoning
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt (As per taste)
- 1 tsp minced ginger & garlic
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- ¼ tsp sichuan pepper powder (Timmur ko chop)
Spices
- ¼ tsp Ground cumin
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chili powder
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- ¼ tsp Ground coriander
Other
- 1 tbsp oil (tempering)
- 1 tbsp frying chicken
Instructions
- Add oil to the pan.1 tbsp frying chicken
- Once hot, add chicken. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes on each side until golden brown.13 oz chicken thigh (Roughly 370g)
- Once cooked, transfer it to a bowl.
- Boil tomato and red chili for 5 minutes on high heat until they're well cooked. If you prefer, you can grill instead.1 tomato (roughly 72g), 1 dry red chili
- Remove the outer layer of tomato. Add tomato and red chili to the silauta and make tomato paste.
- Then add chopped onion, cilantro, green onion, minced ginger, garlic, and tomato paste to the bowl.⅓ cup chopped red onion, ⅓ cup chopped cilantro, 1 green chili (As per taste), 1 tbsp lemon juice, salt (As per taste), 1 tsp minced ginger & garlic, 1 tbsp chopped green onion (optional)
- Next, add all spices, lemon and salt to the bowl.¼ tsp Ground cumin, ¼ tsp kashmiri red chili powder, ¼ tsp sichuan pepper powder, ¼ tsp ground turmeric, ¼ tsp Ground coriander
Tempering
- Heat oil. Once hot, add the fenugreek seeds.1 tbsp oil (tempering), ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- Cook for a few minutes until brown. Then, pour the oil into the bowl. Mix everything well, and chicken choila is ready to serve!
Video
Notes
#Traditionally, meat for Choila is grilled for its smoky flavor. Since grilling isn’t always an option, I’m using fried chicken instead.
# Instead of boiling tomato, you can grill it.
# You can use a mixer or blender to make a tomato paste.
# Please feel free to add green chili according to your taste. Since I like my choila spicy, I've added two green chilies.
# You can make chicken choila healthier by using chicken breast and boiling it instead of frying it. Also, you can skip tempering to avoid oil.
The nutrition information provided is an estimate and may not be exact.
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