Chicken Takatak Recipe
how to Make Chicken Takatak
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Chicken Takatak Recipe
: Chicken Takatak (Tak-a-Tak or Taka-Tak) is a popular street food dish in Lahore, Pakistan. In this flavourful dish, chicken is prepared in a thick gravy with the addition of lots of spices and served hot with lachcha paratha, naan, tandoori roti or roomali roti.
- Total Cook Time 20 mins
- Prep Time 05 mins
- Cook Time 15 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Chicken Takatak
- 250 gms small chicken cubes
- 4 Tbsp oil
- 1/4 Cup onion, chopped
- 7 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1" ginger, finely chopped
- 3 green chillies
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander seeds, crushed
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, crushed
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 small tomato, chopped
- 2 Tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
- 1/2 Tbsp mint leaves
How to Make Chicken Takatak
1.
Heat oil in a kadhai. Add chopped onion, garlic, ginger, and one finely chopped green chilly.
2.
Saute till onion is soft and little pink. Now add all the dry spices.
3.
Saute for few minutes and then add the chopped tomato.
4.
Cook on low flame till tomatoes are mushy and oil separates.
5.
Add chicken cubes and mix with the edgy flat spatula continuously to break the chicken.
6.
Add coriander and green chillies. Cover and cook till chicken is ready and oil start coming out.
7.
Garnish with mint leaves and ginger julienne. Serve with lachcha paratha or tandoori roti.
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