# Nepali Chicken Pickle

Nepali Chicken Pickle or Masu ko Achar is a spicy, smoky, tangy, and dangerously addictive chicken pickle.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 gms chicken breast
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp black cumin
- 1 tsp fennel
- 1 tsp fenugreek
- 5 dried red chillies
- mustard oil
- Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 20 garlic cloves
- 2 inch ginger
- 5 green chillies
- 1 tbsp masala mix
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp vinegar

## Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken with salt and turmeric.
2. Dry roast coriander seeds, fenugreek, dried red chillies, cumin seeds, black cumin, and fennel.
3. Grind the roasted spices into a powder.
4. Heat mustard oil in a pan and deep fry the marinated chicken.
5. Add Kashmiri red chilli powder to the chicken while frying until it turns golden brown.
6. Remove the fried chicken from the oil.
7. In the same oil, deep fry garlic cloves, ginger, and green chillies until they turn brownish.
8. Remove the fried aromatics from the oil.
9. Combine the fried chicken and fried aromatics in a bowl.
10. Add the roasted masala powder, salt, red chilli powder, sesame seeds, and vinegar to the chicken mixture.
11. Mix well until every chicken piece is coated with the spices.
12. Store the chicken pickle in jars.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan
- spatula
- strainer
- jar

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP3Cy5Gk27K/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/666fb771-015f-43eb-ad4f-b8cdd2c8137e
- Extracted: 2025-10-19

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