Review of the Jeera (Cumin) Chicken Recipe
Hi, Ray here again.
It was time for another chicken recipe from the Curry Focus website after last week’s Lamb Biryani. I scanned the great recipes Curry Focus and decided upon the Jeera (Cumin) Chicken recipe.
As usual, it was a very simple recipe to follow which matched up well with my cooking abilities.
Jeera (or Jira) is Hindi for cumin and it isn’t surprising to see that there is a lot of cumin in the recipe – three tablespoons in total.
One thing that surprised me was that there is no onion in this recipe – there aren’t too many Indian curry recipes that don’t have onion in them.
There was only a small amount of preparation work by getting the chilli, garlic and ginger ready before starting to cook.
After only a few minutes the kitchen was full of the lovely aroma of roasting cumin.
The cooking went well but I got a bit worried when the spices were added (after the garlic and onion had been stir-fried). Why? Because all traces of liquid had disappeared and the curry was very dry. There wasn’t a trace of liquid in the frying pan. I added the chicken, mixed everything up pretty well, reduced the heat and covered the frying pan. At the same time, I boiled up some water in case I needed to add it to the curry.
But I didn’t need to have worried because plenty of juice/liquid was supplied by the chicken thighs and was retained in the frying pan because of the lid. I should have realised that the chicken would supply the liquid but, as I’ve said before, I’m not an expert cook.
I kept checking the chicken every five minutes and started the rice when the chicken was part-way cooked.
Everything was ready together and the chicken thighs were served on a bed of rice to the waiting dinner guests.
This is a simply stunning curry. It was a very tasty with a great cumin taste on well-cooked chicken thighs. I always think that chicken cooked on the bone is better than when it is cooked off the bone and this is particularly true with chicken thighs.
There was a nice after taste in the mouth when the curry was finished but it wasn’t really spicy.
The Jeera Chicken Curry received an excellent rating of 8.5 out of 10 with a heat rating of “mild to medium”.
If you like a great tasting chicken curry then you simply must try this recipe for yourself.
