# Chicken Chukauni

Chicken Chukauni is a very easy dish that can be prepared in under 30 minutes, featuring marinated chicken and a spiced yogurt base.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g boneless chicken, cut into small cubes
- 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 0 oil for frying
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 1 green chilies, chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp sugar
- 1.5 tbsp mustard oil
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 0.5 tsp mustard seeds
- 0.5 tsp fenugreek seeds

## Instructions

1. Start by marinating boneless cubes of chicken with ginger garlic paste, salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder, chili powder and lemon juice.
2. Marinate this for about 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Fry the chicken up until it turns nice and golden brown.
4. Then transfer this into a bowl along with some thinly sliced onion, chopped chili and chopped coriander leaves.
5. Into another bowl add in some thick curd or cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, salt, sugar, garlic paste and whisk it really well.
6. Now make a quick tadka of turmeric powder, chili powder and kasori matey in some hot mustard oil.
7. Gently mix this into the whisked curd.
8. Then pour this all over the chicken.
9. Enjoy with rotis or rice.

## Equipment

- pan
- bowl

## Tips

- Marinate the chicken for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Use red onion for the mix.
- Turn off the heat before adding mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, turmeric, and paprika to the oil for the tadka.
- Enjoy with rotis or rice.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/TMDfaC5_SFw?si=iA_4jIFCk9e3f4P2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f97f8316-6740-4863-957d-b39682105b06
- Extracted: 2026-02-23

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