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Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe

Guest post : Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe by Ija Mihirayan


Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sweet and Sour Chicken 

If you are searching for a different yet simple but tasty chicken recipe, then you have come to the right place.  Check this sweet and sour chicken recipe by Ija Mihirayan. Jaggery for sweet and tamarind for sour. The combination of these two ingredients gives a very good and unique taste to the chicken recipe. Serve this recipe as a side dish with rice at lunch or dinner. Try this recipe on this weekend and don't forget to give the feedback if you liked it.

Ija Mihirayan is a home chef based on Jorhat, Assam, India.  You can check her other recipes in her Facebook page.

Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe 

📎Course : Main Course
đŸ”ĒPreparation Time : 15 minutes
♨Cooking Time : 30 minutes
🕞Total : 45 minutes
🍴Servings : 2-3


Sweet and Sour Chicken

INGREDIENTS/āωāĻĒāϕ⧰āύ :

  • 500 gms of boneless and skinless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces (500 āĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽ āĻšাā§°āĻŦিāĻšিāύ āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°াā§° āĻŽাংāϏ ā§§ā§Ŧ āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া)
  • 2 large Onion finely chopped  āĻĒি⧟াāϜ āĻĄাāϙ⧰ ⧍āϟা āĻŽিāĻšিāĻ•ৈ āĻ•ূāϟা
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic finely chopped (āύāĻšā§°ু 2-3 āĻ•োঁāĻš āĻŽিāĻšিāĻ•ৈ āĻ•ূāϟা)
  • Pepper (āϜাāϞুāĻ• āĻ—ুā§°ি)  1/2 +1/2 tsp
  • Soy sauce (āϚ⧟াāϚāϚ) 2 tbsp
  • Cumin powder (āϜিā§°া āĻĒাāωāĻĻাā§°) 1 tsp
  • Meat masala (āĻŽিāϟāĻŽāϚāϞা) 1 tsp
  • Jaggery (āĻ—ুā§°) 4 tbsp
  • Tamarind pulp (āĻĒāĻ•াāϤেāϤেāϞী) 3 tbsp
  • Refined vegetable oil 
  • Turmeric (āĻšাāϞāϧী) 1/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste (āύিāĻŽāĻ– āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি)
  • Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing 

METHOD/āĻĒ্ā§°āύাāϞী :

  1. Wash the children pieces under running water. In a large bowl take the chicken pieces. Add salt, soy sauce, pepper and 1 tbsp refined vegetable oil. Mix well. āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°াā§° āĻŽাংāϏ āĻ–িāύি āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āϧুāχ āύিāĻŽāĻ–, āϚ⧟াāϚāϚ, āϜাāϞুāĻ•āĻ—ুā§°ি āφ⧰ু ā§°িāĻĢাāχāĻŖ্āĻĄ ā§§ āϚাāĻŽুāϚ āĻĻি āϏাāύি āϞāĻŦ |
  2. Heat a pan and then roast the children pieces. Keep aside. āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒেāύāϤ āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°াā§° āĻŽাংāϏ āĻ–িāύি Roast āϕ⧰ি āϞāĻŦ| 
  3. In another pan heat jeggery, 1/2 cup of water, tamarind pulp and cumin powder. In low heat cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and keep this tamarind syrup aside. āφāύ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒেāύāϤ āĻ—ুā§°, āĻĒাāύী āφāϧাāĻ•াāĻĒ, āϤেāϤেāϞী, āϜিā§°া āĻĒাāωāĻĻাā§° āφāĻĻি āĻĻি āĻ•āĻŽ āϜুāχāϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽিāύিāϟ āĻŽাāύ āωāϤāϞিāĻŦ āϞāĻŦ|
  4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in another pan. Add chopped onions. Fry till translucent. Remove from heat, drain and make a paste of fried onions.  āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻ›āϤ āĻĒি⧟াāϜāĻ–িāύি āĻ­াāϜি āϞৈ āĻĒেāώ্āϟ āϕ⧰ি āϞāĻŦ|
  5. Heat the remaining oil or add more 1 tbsp of oil. Add onion paste, chopped garlic, turmeric, meat masala and salt. Mix well and add the tamarind syrup. Keep the gas in low heat and stir constantly. Now add roasted chicken pieces and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes or until the gravy becomes thicker. Remove from heat. āĻļেāώāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒেāύāϤ āĻĒি⧟াāϜ⧰ āĻĒেāώ্āϟ, āĻ•ুāϟা āύāĻšā§°ু, āύিāĻŽāĻ–, āĻšাāϞāϧী, āĻŽিāϟāĻŽāϚāϞা āĻĻি āĻ­াāϜিāĻŦ| āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤাāϤ āϤেāϤেāϞিā§° āϚিā§°াāĻĒāϟো āĻĻিāĻŦ āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻŽ āϜুāχāϤ ā§°াāĻ–ি āϞ⧰াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ| āϘāύ āĻšৈ āĻ…āĻšাāϤ āϤাāϤ roast āϕ⧰ি ā§°āĻ–া āϚিāĻ•েāύāĻ–িāύি āφ⧰ু āϜাāϞুāĻ•āĻ—ুā§°ি āĻĻি ā§Ģ āĻŽিāύিāϟāĻŽাāύ ā§°াāĻ–ি āύāĻŽাāχ āĻĨāĻŦ |
  6. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve immediately. 

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