Chicken, mixed veggies and chicken cooked together to a delicious one pot dish…
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Chicken Vermicelli- Chicken Semiya
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
For marinating Chicken
- Chicken breasts, diced- 2
- Kashmiri chili powder- ¾ tsp
- Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
- Coriander powder- 1½ tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
For roasting vermicelli
- Ghee- 1 tbsp
- Vermicelli or Semiya- 2½ cups (do not use thin vermicelli)
Making chicken vermicelli
- Oil- 1½ tbsp
- Onion, chopped- 2
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Grated Ginger- ½ tbsp
- Grated Garlic- ½ tbsp
- Green chilies, chopped- 2
- Whole cardamom- 2, whole cloves- 2, whole cinnamon- 2 inch slice- crushed in a mortar pestle
- Mixed veggies- 1½ cups (carrot, corn, peas, beans)
- Green Pepper, chopped- 1
- Fennel powder- 1 tsp
- Coriander powder- 1½ tsp
- Water- 3 cups
- Cilantro, chopped- 2 handfuls
Instructions
- Place a large non-stick cooking pan over medium heat, add ghee.
- Add the vermicelli and roast for 5 minutes. Keep it aside.
- In a bowl, combine chicken with all the above mentioned ingredients for marinating chicken, let marinate for 5 minutes.
- Heat a non-stick cooking pan over medium heat, add oil.
- Add onion, season with salt and cook for 2 minutes.
- Crush whole cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in a mortar and pestle.
- Add grated ginger, garlic, green chilies, crushed cardamom/cloves/cinnamon; combine well and cook till onions turn light golden in color.
- Add marinated chicken, cook covered till chicken has almost done.
- Add mixed veggies and green pepper, cook covered for a few minutes till veggies turn soft.
- Add fennel powder and coriander powder, combine well.
- Add 3 cups water, let come to a boil.
- Add the roasted vermicelli, combine well and cook for a few minutes till water has dried off and vermicelli turns soft.
- Do not over cook vermicelli it will turn mushy.
- Garnish with cilantro, combine well.
- Remove the pan from the heat, serve the chicken vermicelli along with raita or yogurt combined with chopped onion/tomatoes.
