Pakistani chicken karahi recipe

Name: Pakistani chicken karahi recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 45 ml rapeseed oil; 15 g ghee; 750 g skinless bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks (cut into small pieces); 1½ teaspoons fine salt (divided, plus more if needed); 20 g garlic (finely grated or crushed); 20 g fresh ginger (divided); 4 green chillies (divided); 550 g ripe plum tomatoes (finely chopped); 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder; ¼ to ½ teaspoon hot chilli powder (optional); 60 g full fat natural yoghurt (whisked and brought close to room temperature); 1 teaspoon black peppercorns (coarsely cracked); ½ teaspoon garam masala; 15 g fresh coriander (roughly chopped); Lemon wedges (to serve, optional)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:50min

Bone-in chicken cooked with ripe tomatoes, garlic, ginger and chillies, then reduced until the thick masala clings to the meat. Fresh black pepper, coriander and ginger complete this from scratch Pakistani curry.

Updated at: Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:51:42 GMT