One Pot Pressure Cooker Pepper Chicken
Dr. Monica
This is a very simple beginner friendly recipe which can be made as a quick fix with minimal effort. It goes well as a side dish with dosa, roti, steamed rice, biryani, pulao, etc.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2
Calories 100 kcal
2L pressure cooker
Blender / mixer grinder
To grind
- ⅓ cup shallots
- 1 inch ginger piece
- 10 garlic cloves
- 2 dried red chillies
To make pepper chicken
- 300 g chicken pieces (bone in or boneless)
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 3 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 green cardamom
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- ½ tsp black cumin seeds (optional)
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Wash and cut chicken into bite sized pieces. I have mixed it with turmeric powder.
Blend shallots, ginger, garlic and red chillies into a coarse paste.
In a pressure cooker heat oil and add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, star anise, bay leaf, fennel seeds and black cumin seeds.
Once they sizzle, add the ground paste and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the chicken pieces and mix well.
Add salt and pepper powder.
Add ⅓ cup water, close the pressure cooker and cook on medium flame for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
Open it and check for the doneness of the chicken and consistency of the gravy. If you need a semi gravy you can leave it as such. If you need a dry curry simmer for a few minutes.
Serve hot !!
- Use freshly ground pepper powder to get a great flavour.
- To make it a pepper chicken gravy you can increase the shallots to 1/2 cup and and add 1/4 cup more water.
- You can increase the hotness of the dish by increasing or decreasing the pepper powder.
Keyword Chicken, Sidedish