easy chicken recipe

Everyday Chicken Curry

August 5, 2023 By Asha Shivakumar

This Everyday Chicken Curry is flavorful, from scratch with the spice powder, tastes like you’ve been cooking for hours. It’s got the bold flavors with not much effort. You’ll be surprised.

Every non vegetarian household in India has the special Sunday chicken curry , the everyday chicken curry and the Chicken curry we make for parties. The difference in my opinion is the time it takes to cook the curry and the richness factor. What is common between all is the fresh ingredients used.

Chicken Curry

Whether it be Sunday Spicy Chicken Curry or Weeknight Chicken Curry, what we Indians are proud of is the spices we use are freshly ground for the most part and no shortcuts.

Then you might ask, why is this called the Everyday Chicken Curry? To me an everyday / weeknight chicken curry has to be quick and simple, which is exactly this recipe. It’s simple. What makes it flavorful is the spice powder. I make small batches of the powder and use it anytime I make chicken curry during weeknights….

Peanut Butter Ginger Chicken

September 16, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Marinate and Cook: It’s as easy as that. This Peanut Butter Chicken is an impressive and delicious dish. With gingery tones, warm spices and the sweetness from the peanut butter and honey, it will WOW you. Enjoy with pilaf, quinoa, naan or roti, SO GOOD!

Every time I post a recipe for chicken, I say it’s a new favorite of my boys. It is;). When a recipe turns out well and it’s the most requested, I jump to share it with you. Like many of your favorite chicken recipes on the blog, I hope you love this one too.

This Peanut Butter Chicken is such an impressive meal, the kids loved! I say impressive because of how easy it is to put together and how flexible this recipe can be. Adding peanut butter to this recipe adds richness and a robust flavor. When a dish tastes like it’s been slow cooked or seems fancier than it is, I think it’s a winner. …

Spicy Yogurt Chicken with Cucumber Mint Chutney

June 28, 2018 By Asha Shivakumar

This Simple Grilled Spicy Yogurt Chicken Recipe has a few ingredients in the marinade that makes it juicy, flavorful and absolutely delicious. It’s the best grilled chicken I’ve made. You’ll make this recipe again and again!

And just like that summer is here. Summers in Cali can be really harsh, but the evenings are like a dream.

People who are not from here love to talk about Mark Twain’s quote that goes “the coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco.” As September and October roll around, while they get trapped in their homes due to polar vortexes and hurricanes we’re sitting in cotton shorts and T-shirts, hiking and going to the city in a thin sweater. And that right there, that pretty much sums up why Indian summers* in SF are better than all other summers….