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Chicken Karahi

Also known as: چکن کڑاہی

Bone-in chicken in a concentrated tomato, ginger and garlic masala with fresh chilli and coriander.

Chicken Karahi — illustrative food image

About Chicken Karahi

Chicken karahi is a Pakistani chicken dish with a concentrated tomato masala. Fatima’s family version follows the Peshawar style she describes through memories of her father’s Sunday dinners.

Fresh ginger, garlic and tomatoes give the sauce its main flavour. Paprika, crushed black pepper, chilli flakes, cumin and coriander add warmth, with green chillies and coriander leaves at the finish.

The bone-in chicken is coated in a thick, jammy red masala with a glossy surface. Matchstick ginger rests over the finished pieces, adding a crisp aromatic contrast.

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Ingredients in Chicken Karahi

Fatima’s traditional Peshawar-style chicken karahi.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Card leaves oil species unspecified; later author-comment preferences for sunflower oil or ghee are unselected alternatives.
  • Small bone-in chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chicken candidate; whole small chicken cut into curry pieces.
  • Fresh tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Fresh garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Fresh ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. One fresh-ginger input covers minced masala ginger and matchstick garnish; these are preparation cuts of the same food.
  • Himalayan pink salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author’s actual salt named in the card notes; amount remains to taste.
  • Paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First card option before Kashmiri red chilli. No smoked or sweet cultivar identity is inferred.
  • Crushed black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First crushed form selected; whole peppercorn fallback and omission branch are unselected.
  • Chilli flakes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. No specific cultivar is supplied.
  • Cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Coriander powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Kalonji (called onion seed) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicitly optional seed retained under source name. Exact botanical/catalogue identity is unresolved; no Allium seed or nigella species is forced.
  • Green chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required slit chillies plus optional extra final garnish share one food; cultivar unprovided.
  • Coriander leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required chopped coriander plus optional extra final garnish share one food.
  • Water (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Only if absolutely necessary in the recipe notes; main preparation relies on chicken/tomato juices. Conditional water remains optional.

Origins & food traditions

Fatima connects this Peshawar-style karahi with her father’s extended-family Sunday meals and its traditional tomato, ginger and garlic base.

Countries

  • Pakistan
  • PakistanCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Chicken Karahi Recipe — Fatima Cooks