Green Chicken Curry
- 45 min
- medium
- Serves 4
Green chicken curry, or chicken rizzala: chicken in a fried onion, coriander, mint and cashew paste with cream. Medium-spicy, serves 4, 45 min, video.
Good for: Party
Ingredients
Cashew (half)¼ cup
Water1½ cup
Oil3 tbsp
Onion, Thinly Sliced2
Coriander Leaves1 cup
Mint Leaves½ cup
Green Chilli2
Bay Leaves1
Cinnamon½ inch
Green Cardamom3
Ginger1 inch
Garlic3 cloves
Chicken Curry Cut500 grams
Coriander Powder½ tsp
Cumin Powder¼ tsp
Salt1 tsp
Sugar½ tsp
Lemon Juice1 tsp
Fresh Cream2 tbsp
Ghee1 tbsp
Mace1
Contains: milk, cashew or other tree nuts.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 4 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 4 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 422kcal | 1688kcal |
| Protein | 29g | 115g |
| Carbohydrate | 13g | 51g |
| Fat | 29g | 117g |
| Fibre | 2.4g | 9.6g |
| Sugar | 3.7g | 15g |
Cookd masalas for chicken curry cut
Method
Soak the cashews in water for 15 minutes.
Heat a frying pan, add 2 tbsp of oil and the thinly sliced onions. Saute the onions on medium heat until they are crispy brown. This should take around 7 mins.
Remove the onions from the pan, transfer them to a mixer grinder jar. Add coriander leaves, mint leaves, soaked cashews, green chillies and ½ Cup of water. Grind this into a smooth paste.
In the same pan, add 1 tbsp of oil. Once the oil is hot, add bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, chopped ginger and garlic.
Add the chicken pieces and saute for 5 mins until the chicken is seared.
Add coriander powder, cumin powder and saute for 2 more minutes.
Add the ground green paste and saute for 2 minutes.
Add salt, sugar, lemon juice, 1 ¼ cup of water. Bring this to a boil and simmer until the chicken is cooked. This should take around 6 minutes.
Add the fresh cream and stir well. Remove the curry from the heat.
In a tempering pan, heat ghee. Add a blade of mace and remove it from the heat after 20 seconds. Add this tempering to the curry and mix well.
Serve hot with Steamed Rice/Naan/Chapati.
Before you start
- How long does Green Chicken Curry take?
- 45 minutes from start to finish. That is 15 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Green Chicken Curry serve?
- 4. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Green Chicken Curry vegetarian?
- No, it contains meat or fish.
- Is Green Chicken Curry spicy?
- It is medium: 2 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Green Chicken Curry?
- 500 grams Chicken Curry Cut, 2 Green Chilli, 1 cup Coriander Leaves, ½ cup Mint Leaves, 3 Green Cardamom, ¼ cup Cashew (half), and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Green Chicken Curry?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Green Chicken Curry?
- About 422 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
3 notes- P
Preeti SoundaryaaMay 2025
skip maze if unavailable.. it's okay
- A
Ayzaz KhanJanuary 2025
Awesome taste
- 하
하라September 2022
can maze be avoided?? if so.. what can it be replaced with?? its hard to get core Indian spices in my place … thanks and please suggest…


