Chicken Chops Recipe

Chicken Chops Recipe, this recipe I learned from my mother. She used to prepare it often to serve with idli, dosa or sometimes with vegetable biryani. She might have learned this recipe from her friend or own trial recipe. The same recipe you can try preparing with mutton also if making mutton chops cook in pressure cooker.

Chops can be served with phulkas, steamed rice, idli, dosa or appam. You can also prepare this recipe like starter type, just avoid adding water and keep it dry. This recipe takes more time and patience, the complete recipe is cooked in low flame.

Ingredients : 

• Chicken pieces - 1/2 kg 
• Chopped small onion, Chopped green chilly, Chopped Ginger and Chopped Garlic - 1 cup (Take equal proportions)
• Sliced onion - 2 cups 
• Crushed fennel seeds - 2 tsp 
• Chopped tomato - 1/2 cup 
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp 
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp 
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp 
• Salt for taste 
• Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsp 

Note : Keep in mind small onion, green chilly, ginger and garlic altogether 1 portions means take sliced onion 2 portions. Crush the fennel seeds in a mortar or in a mixer, just run for a couple of secs. Don't make it into a powder. 

If you have no time and don't want to cook in low flame means in a pressure cooker flow all steps till step 11 and cook for 3 whistles. Later add crushed fennel seeds and keep in flame for 2 minutes and serve. This is just an alternate option, but you get more taste when you cook in low flame. 

For chops : 

1. In a pan, add 2-3 tsp of oil
2. Add the chopped small onion, green chilly, ginger and garlic and cook in low flame 
3. Saute in low flame for 5 minutes and add salt 
4. Add sliced onion and mix well 
   
5. Add turmeric powder and close the pan with a lid, cook for 4-5 minutes 
6. Add tomato and cook till mushy 
7. Add the chicken pieces and mix well
   
8. Close the pan with the lid and allow the chicken to cook. (This takes 7-8 minutes in low flame, cook the complete recipe in low flame) 
9. Add coriander powder and chilly powder
   
10. Check for the salt if needed add as per taste 
11. Add 1/4 cup of water and boil for 2-3 minutes 
    
12. Add the crushed fennel seeds before you remove the chops from flame 
13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot