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Hara Masala Chicken in a dish with onions and a sliced chili
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Weeknight Easy Hara Masala Chicken or Haryali Chicken

This Haray Masalay ki Murghi is a bold, flavorful green chicken curry made with cilantro, green chilies & spices — ready in under 45 minutes. Bonus: your blender does most of the work!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Pakistani
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 4
Author Sarah Mir

Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless chicken cubed (450g) use 1.5 lb (680g) if using bone in
  • 1 medium onion 75-90 g
  • neutral oil for cooking

Marinade

  • 1  bunch of cilantro 65-70 g
  • 4 green chillies
  • 1 inch ginger ¾ tbsp ginger paste
  • 6-8 cloves garlic 1 tbsp garlic paste
  • 4 tbsp plain yogurt approx 55g
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • ½ tsp cumin powder
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder

Instructions

  • Combine all the marinade ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth
    blending the green paste for hara masala chicken
  • Pour over your chicken, you can marinate it for 30 minutes up to overnight or just combine and continue with next steps
    marinating the chicken for hara masala chicken
  • Put a wok or large bottomed pan (quicker to cook than in a small one) on medium heat and add in a few tbsp of oil. 
  • While that's heating dice your onions and add saute till the onions edges turn golden.
    onions being sauteed in a wok for hara masala chicken
  • Stir in your chicken, sautéing on medium high heat till it changes colour.
    sauteing hara masala chicken till it changes colour
  • Cover, simmer till tender - 25 minutes.
    Hara masala chickne simmering
  • Adjust consistency, check for seasoning, garnish with some fresh ginger or fresh chillies - or nothing at all - grab some roti or rice and dig in.

Notes

  • This recipe has seen an update on Jan 6th 2025:  I doubled the yoghurt to create more of a masala and added the green masala directly to the chicken instead of adding it to the pan after sauteing the chicken.