indian restaurant hariyali chicken curry

Hariyali chicken curry is a green curry with big mint, coriander and green chili flavours. It’s not your run of the mill Indian restaurant curry. It’s different. For when you want to mix things up.

You don’t see hariyali chicken curry on many restaurant menus. That’s too bad really. So many Indian restaurants are stuck on the same formula.

15 dishes. Done over and over. Time to grow a bit. Time to step it up. This is a homestyle curry that’s adapted to the Indian restaurant technique. I’ll be doing more of these going forward. India has so much more to give.

This is Indian restaurant cooking. They don’t wear nice clothes when they cook. You shouldn’t either. It will splatter. It will stain. Be ready.

As always when cooking restaurant style prep is key. Make your curry base. If you want to push it make your mint coriander chutney from scratch.

Never heard of hariyali chicken curry? Time to get acquainted I think…

hariyali chicken curry in Indian copper bowl with mint coriander chutney.

hariyali chicken curry in Indian copper bowl with chapati.
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indian restaurant hariyali chicken curry

Hariyali chicken curry is all about big coriander, green chili and mint flavour. Try it when you want to taste something new.
Course Main
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 411kcal
Author romain | glebekitchen

Ingredients

The spice mix

  • 1 tsp indian restaurant spice mix or curry powder - recipe link below
  • ½ tsp kashmiri chili powder
  • ½ tsp kosher salt

The curry ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp oil
  • 2 green finger hot chilies - sliced thinly into rings
  • 1 Tbsp garlic/ginger paste - recipe link below
  • 3 Tbsp mint coriander chutney - recipe link below
  • 15 oz curry base - recipe link below
  • 10-12 oz pre-cooked chicken

Instructions

  • Make the spice mix.
  • Heat your frying pan (don't use non-stick) briefly over medium heat. Add the oil.
  • When the oil starts to shimmer add garlic ginger paste and the green chili rings and cook, stirring constantly, until it stops sputtering.
  • Turn down the heat and add the spice mix. This is the critical step. Stir it constantly for 30 seconds. If it starts to darken lift the pan off the heat. You want the spice mix to cook in the oil but not burn.
  • Turn the heat up to medium high. This is also really important. The heat is what caramelizes the onion in the curry base and gives the curry it's Indian restaurant flavour. As you become more comfortable with this technique try pushing it.
  • Add 3 oz of curry base. Stir until bubbles form (little craters really), around 30 seconds. Think lively boil. Watch the edges of the pan. The curry can stick here. Sticking is OK. Just scrape it back into the base. Burning is bad.
  • Mix in the mint coriander chutney.
  • Now add 6 oz of curry base and stir briefly. Let it cook until the bubbles form again. This takes 1-2 minutes.
  • Add the rest of the curry base and let cook until the bubbles form.
  • Turn the heat down to low and add the pre-cooked chicken.
  • Let the curry simmer for about 5 minutes. If it gets too thick add a bit more curry base. Don't add water.
  • Garnish with a bit of red or green sliced chili if desired.

Notes

The recipe for curry base is here.
 
The recipe for indian restaurant spice mix is here
 
The recipe for garlic ginger paste is here.
 
The recipe for mint coriander chutney is here
 
If you haven't read about Indian restaurant technique yet, do that before you start cooking.
Have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go.
If you are making multiple curries, have your curry base warming in a pot on the stove. If you are just making one, microwave it to warm it up right before you start cooking.
Indian restaurants pre-cook their meat so it's ready for service. This recipe assumes the same. To pre-cook chicken, simply simmer it with a bit of curry powder and salt in chicken stock for about 10-15 minutes - until it's barely cooked.
To pre-cook lamb or beef, do the same but plan for 1 to 1/2 hours for lamb and 2 hours or more for beef. You are making stew meat so you are braising until tender. You will need to keep an eye on the level of the stock. For beef use beef stock.

Nutrition

Serving: 2servings | Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 1029mg | Potassium: 454mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 275IU | Vitamin C: 8.7mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.7mg

 

8 thoughts on “indian restaurant hariyali chicken curry”

  1. Hi Romain
    I tried this but used Spinach and Coriander leaves, with a hint of sugar and nutmeg. Absolutely fantastic…..But really green in colour, which started questions being asked….and answered with taste.

    Reply
  2. 5 stars
    I have been working for years to make restaurant style Indian food and you have nailed it!!!! Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
  3. 5 stars
    Cooked the Hariyali yesterday and the pilau rice recipe. Amazing. The curry really is like you would expect from a fancy Indian restaurant and yet I Cooked it! I always mess up rice – always, yet this pilau rice turned out perfect. You must try this. Look forward to trying more of the curries with the remaining 7 cups of gravy. Many many thanks.

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  4. 5 stars
    Hi,
    A massive thank you for taking the time to share this whole cooking technique. I have been striving for years to achieve the BIR taste and aroma to my cooking and thanks to stumbling across your site I am almost there. Lamb or mutton vindaloo has always been my favourite. A close second is lamb Nawabi. Would there be any chance of a recipe for this? I would imagine it would be very similar to the hariyali chicken curry with the mint, coriander and green chilli flavours coming through.
    Lance.

    Reply
    • I’m glad you found me and that it’s working out for you. I will add lamb Nawabi to the list. So many curries to make:-)

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