Green Chicken Fry or Pudina Chicken

Pudina Chicken or famously known as Mint chicken / Green chicken is one of my favorites among Chicken delicacies. I always try to get the flavor and taste of green chicken that my mom makes. But ... it always falls short of that touch and her TLC in preparing that dish for us. Tho' I resisted a lot to put up this recipe for public, I think it's time for my mom to know how much I miss her and more so her cooking.



Here we go with the Ingredients:

Chicken 3-4 lbs
Onions 3 medium sized
Oil 1 tbsp
Turmeric 2 pinches
Salt - per taste
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn
Coriander powder - 2 tspn
Chilli powder - 2 tspn
Green Chillies -13- 17 medium sized
Mint - leaves from one bunch
Coriander - 15 stalks
Fenugreek leaves/Methi leaves - 1tbsp when crushed


Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 20-25 mins


Make a paste of half the quantity of onions, mint leaves, methi leaves, coriander leaves, and green chillies. This, we call as the 'green paste'. Now in a wide mouthed pan, fry onions in oil till they are translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric to the onions and saute well. Now add the chicken pieces and salt. Place a lid on the pan and allow the water in the chicken to cook the pieces. Now when the water is no more and the chicken pieces are about to stick the base of the pan, add the green paste and mix thoroughly. Let the paste make its way into every piece. If not, add half cup of water to the green paste and mix again. Keep the pan on medium heat and then add coriander powder, chilli powder and stir. Now remove the lid from the pan and let the water evaporate. Remember, the outcome must be dry chicken. Best is when the pieces have just begun to turn brown. This one beats the best of roast and fry chicken. Garnish it with a dash of lemon and savor it with rasam and steamed rice. Uhhmm! Yummy Green Chicken.