Green chicken/Mutton
As you may have guessed, green chicken/mutton means meat cooked with coriander or as we Bengalis call it, Dhone pata. This aromatic herb is the hero of the dish alongside the meat. The paste that lends the dish both the colour and the name is made using coriander, green chillies and a host of other ingredients. It tastes great with roti, paratha or rice. Make it a part of your meal and see the satisfied expressions on the face of family and guests. The best part about the recipe is that you can control the level of spiciness and thus can be served to children as well.
Ingredients
- chicken/Mutton
- onion (chopped/paste)
- Ginger Paste
- Garlic Paste
- Coriander Leaves/ Cilantro — chopped fine
- Pepper
- Tomatoes (chopped)
- salt & Sugar to taste
- Red Chillies
- Green Chillies
- Oil
TIP: Use any herb you have handy or you prefer to garnish
Method
- Mix coriander leaves, tomatoes, pepper powder, red chilies, green chilies and cilantro salt in the grinder.
- Keep this aside
- Heat oil in a pan
- Fry onions, ginger & garlic
- Now add the chicken/ mutton and keep stirring
- Now add the green paste.
- Cover to cook. There shall not be any need to add water since there shall be a lot of liquid from the marinade
- When the gravy is of your desired consistency, remove from heat, garnish with any herb of your choice; and serve with rice/ roti