Vibrant & delicious chicken jalfrezi cooked in the Instant Pot…
Jalfrezi is a popular Indian dish. It’s essentially a stir fry tomato-based dish seasoned with Indian spices & tomato sauce. In the Instant Pot, this dish can be cooked in just 15 minutes.
Kashmiri chili powder & tomato paste will impart a deep red color, along with the peppers, chicken & Indian spices you’ll feel a burst of flavors in your mouth.
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15 Minute Instant Pot Chicken Jalfrezi | Easy Indian Recipe
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
For cooking chicken
- Boneless chicken breast, diced- 2 (or add thighs)
- Chili powder- 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder- ⅛ tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Water- ¼ cup
For saute cooking
- Oil- 1½ tbsp
- Onion, diced- 1
- Ginger, sliced- 1 tbsp
- Garlic, chopped- ½ tbsp
- Green pepper, diced- 1
- Red pepper, diced- 1
- Water- ¼ cup
- Tomato paste- 5 tbsp (or add ½ cup tomato sauce/puree)
- Kashmiri chili powder- 1 tsp
- Coriander powder- ½ tbsp
- Cumin powder- 1 tsp
- Salt- ¾ tsp
- Cooked chicken
- Garam masala- ½ tsp
- Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
Instructions
- To the stainless pot, add chicken along with chili powder, turmeric powder & salt; combine well.
- Add ¼ cup water as well, combine well.
- Close the pot with the lid.
- Select pressure cook setting, set time to 3 minutes at high pressure.
- After 3 minutes of pressure cooking, do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid.
- Transfer the cooked chicken & the liquid in the pot to a bowl, keep it aside.
- Use the same stainless steel pot, keep it in the main pot.
- Select saute setting at normal or medium temperature.
- Add oil, add onion to the oil; saute for a minute.
- Add ginger & garlic, saute for 2 minutes.
- Add green & red peppers, cook for 3 minutes till the peppers turn soft.
- Add ¼ cup water, combine well.
- Add tomato paste, combine well & cook for 2 minutes.
- Add Kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder, cumin & salt, combine well.
- Add the cooked chicken & the liquid, combine well & cook for 2 minutes.
- Finally, add garam masala & cilantro, give a fabulous mix.
- Serve onto a bowl & enjoy with rice, roti, paratha, etc.
