Pepper Chicken is a hot & spicy dry curry made by cooking chicken with crushed pepper and tempered onions, tomato & spices. Pepper Chicken is a good choice of curry for flatbread like roti, naan, chapati &rice meal and could be relished as a starter as well. Pepper Chicken recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Pepper Chicken is one of the easiest chicken recipes I’ve learnt recently.I’ve slowly started to cook nonveg dishes especially chicken. I got a chicken recipe handbook from a broiler shop long back even before blogging, and now I am trying dishes from it one by one. This pepper chicken is one recipe I tried from there …should say this is a keeper.
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Pepper Chicken | Black Pepper Chicken
Ingredients
- 300 gms chicken
- 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
- 1 medium sized tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- a generous pinch tuermeric powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
To roast and grind
- 1 and 1/2 tsp pepper corns
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
To temper
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 inch cinnamon
- 2 nos cloves
- 1 no cardamom
- 10 nos curry leaves
- 1 no green chillies
Instructions
- Dry roast the ingredients under the list 'to roast and grind' till slightly browned and grind it to a coarse powder (I used my hand motar pestle to do that). Keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil - add onion and ginger garlic paste and saute till slightly browned.
- Then add tomato and fry till its mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Add the turmeric, red chilli, coriander and half of the coarse pepper powder along with chicken pieces and fry well till raw smell leaves. Saute till chicken is well blended with the spices.
- Then add water till immersing level say 1 cup along with salt and pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles.
- Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai and add the items under 'to temper' then add pressure cooked chicken.
- Add the remaining pepper fennel powder and saute till it becomes semi dry. Taste and adjust salt. Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
- Pepper Chicken is a spicy curry and I served it with rice and chicken kuzhambu. I love it with rotis too.
Notes
- This is a dry curry and suits well with rice or even rotis.
- Adding freshly ground pepper powder gives a nice flavour but check the spice level before adding it.
Pepper Chicken Recipe Step by Step
- Dry roast the ingredients under the list ‘to roast and grind’ till slightly browned and grind it to a coarse powder(I used my hand motar pestle to do that). Keep aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil – add onion and ginger garlic paste and saute till slightly browned.
- Then add tomato and fry till its mushy and raw smell leaves. Add the turmeric,red chilli, coriander and half of the coarse pepper powder along with chicken pieces and fry well till raw smell leaves. Saute till chicken is well blended with the spices.
- Then add water till immersing level say 1 cup along with salt and pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles.Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai and add the items under ‘to temper’ then add pressure cooked chicken.
- Add the remaining pepper fennel powder and saute till it becomes semi dry.Taste and adjust salt.Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
This is a spicy curry and I served it with rice and chicken kuzhambu. I love it with rotis too.
Expert Tips
- This is a dry curry and suits well with rice or even rotis.
- Adding freshly ground pepper powder gives a nice flavour but check the spice level before adding it.
ANU
wow this is awesome chicken…wow mouth watering!
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DivyaGCP
Love pepper chicken.. I make it similar too.
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Reshmi Mahesh
Pepper chicken looks irresistible…yummy..
Sangeetha Nambi
OMG ! Mouth watering Pepper chicken…
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Vimitha Anand
Love this with a simple rasam… Nice one
Priya
Salivating here..Droolworthy dry pepper chicken.
Happy Cook / Finla
I love chicken like this and yours look so good.
Hamaree Rasoi
I really feel lazy to take step by step pictures…And you have explained it so well here..Very tasty looking dry chicken preparation…
Shabbu
yummy pepper chicken…
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Roshan
super and thoroughly lipsmacking…
Sangeetha
very delicious preparation..love pepper chicken with hot rasam rice…looks so tempting!
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Spandana
This sure looks like a keeper. Delicious pictures 🙂
Sonali Pradhan
ohhh dear !!!the pepper chicken looks so so delicious n mouthwatering !!!!loved ur wonderful clicks n beautiful presentation !!!!!
Suja Manoj
Wow delicious chicken,drooling
kalyani
thankoo for the recepie…am gonna try dis..but where to add cinamon n cloves
Sharmilee! :)
@Kalyani : Aadd hte to temper along with onions…
Junaid Khan
this recipe is great
some12share
It's a nice and simple recipe.. Just one suggestion. 4-5 whistles is a little too much for chicken, especially if it tender. 2-3 should do it, or the chicken will be mushy and overcooked.
Sharmilee! :)
@Some : We get broiler chicken so 4-5 whistles is needed. As you can see in the pic its firm, so it depends on the chicken…
blogboost
Will the Chicken be cooked if we cook like this.I thought First pressure cook the Chicken with water and salt in it and then follow the process you did to cook.
Please clarify my doubt?
Sharmilee! :)
Please read through the steps I have pressure cooked the chicken along with the spice powders
chittara r
nice and simple recipe..thanks for sharing
thiru murugan
I tried in my home very nice dish.. it's my first non veg dish.. thanks a lot
Saranya Gunasekaran
I have tried this and it came out really well.. I visit ur blog ALL THE TIME for even a simple recipe 🙂 Each an every dish is explained so clearly.. I usually refer ur blog whenever I chat with my friends.. Really thanks for all the hard work u have put in for the viewers like me.. Keep going..
Lisa
This came out really well. Thanks sooooo much !
Saranya ChandraMohan
Hi I have tried this came out superbbbbb thaks
Fatema Aziz
Hey… Thanks.. I cooked it last night n it turned out very well… My hubby n FIL couldn't stop talking abt it… 🙂
Fatema Aziz
Hey.. I tried it last night n it turned out just Superb!!! My hubby n FIL couldn't stop talking about it.. 😉
shilpa
loved it………..success. n yum it is,,,,,,,,,
thanks a bunchiness!
shilpa
it id fantastic…..every step was clear……thanks a ton mam
u are a really good cook /////
O i coudn stop licking my fingers
exact restaurant material….even better infact
thanks
Sim Bhattacharya
Followed your recipe and made this dish and it was yumm :).. thank you so much for posting such wonderful dishes with so much clarity and clear steps
Chankey Pathak
Looks awesome. I'll try it tonight, thanks 🙂
Child care
Hi Sharmi, just tried this receipe..It came out very well. Awesome taste….Its taste is divine.. Thanks a lot pa….
Keep up the good work.:-)
Maya
Hey Sharmi… I tried this recipe today….. Taste & Color is so delightful just loved it 🙂 Loads of hugs & Thanks !!! Maya
Maya
Hey Sharmi.. i just tried this recipe today it came out so well color & taste is delightful & finger licking 🙂 Loads of hugs & thanks !!!
Fiona johnson
This was a treat to my taste buds
Dharannya Kannan
Hi..
I tried this dish..
It really came out well..
Thanks a lot
Malathi ganesh
Akka.. I have the very similar iron kadai.. I love it to cook in that. Ha ha…I got in town hall
A~N~U~S~H~A
i tried this receipe,, it came out well,, ty for the receipe..
Deep Thoughts
does this not require marinating?
SHARMILEE J
No marination needed…
Pushpavalli
thank u so much fr the recipe 🙂 pepper chicken came out really yummy .
The Mystic
Tried it today and we all loved it. thanks for the recipe
Shalini Parthasarathy
Tried it.. Came out really well.. My hubby started asking for this dish all the time ?? thanks a lot for the simplest recipe ??
Shalini Parthasarathy
Tried this recipe.. Came out well.. My hubby started asking for this dish all time ?? thanks for the simplest yet a delicious recipe??
grasshopper
Very nice nd mouth watering
Food Gola
This is the best chicken because my bestie like this very much me too