Hara chicken is a delicious green chicken spiced up with green fresh coriander, mint and green chili and lemon.

This is healthy in a way because not too much of oil or butter is used in this recipe nor it is packed with heavy spices.

A simple masala base and a dash of lemon make this dish so exotic.

In this Hara chicken recipe we use chicken drumsticks as it is more soft, tender and flavorful when cooked but you can make this with chicken breasts if you want.

Hope you will enjoy this awesome hara chicken.

Preparation time 15 minutes

Cooking time 30 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 chicken drumsticks

1 cup fresh coriander leaves chopped

½ cup fresh mint leaves chopped

2 green chilly or to taste

4 tbsp onion chopped

4 cloves of garlic

2 tsp chopped ginger

2 tbsp of lemon juice or to taste

2 pinch of garam masala

2 pinch roasted kasoori methi powder (optional)

1 cube of chicken seasoning (optional)

Salt to taste

2 to 3 tbsp of sunflower oil/ canola oil

How To Cook Hara Chicken

For this recipe you first have to make two masala paste.

Take your mixer and in it put 3 cloves of garlic, 3 tbsp of chopped onion and 1tsp of chopped ginger make a fine paste and keep aside.

Your first masala is ready now to make the green masala take coriander, mint and green chili and make a fine paste and keep aside.

Meanwhile in your pressure cooker take the chicken drumstick and with it place little salt and the rest of chopped ginger, garlic and onion. Cook for one whistles or till the meat is tender.

Instead of pressure cooker you can use a close lid heavy bottom pan for this and cook until the meat is tender. Put off the flame.

Strain the chicken stock and keep the chicken aside.

Heat oil in a frying pan add the onion, garlic and ginger paste and sauté for half a minute and then add the green paste and sauté till the oil separates from the spices.

Add the chicken drumstick and stir in such a way so that all the spices get well coated with the chicken.

If the spices get too dry, you can add 2 to 3 tbsp of chicken stock so that you don’t burn the masala.

You can add chicken seasoning cube if you want as this act as a taste enhancer.

When the masala get well coated with chicken and dry, add pinch of garam masala and kasoori methi powder if using.

Put off the flame and add the lemon juice and mix well. Cover lid and give 5 to 6 minutes standing time so that all the flavors get well incorporated in the chicken.

Your yummy tangy hara chicken is ready.

Serve hara chicken as an appetizer with onion salad and piece of lemon.