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Template:Infobox prepared food Chicken karahi, or chicken kadahi, is a chicken dish from South Asia.Template:Efn-ua[1][2] It is known as gosht karahi or gosht kadahi when prepared with goat or lamb meat instead of that of chicken.[3] The dish is prepared in a karahi (a type of wok from the Indian subcontinent) and can take between 30 and 50 minutes to prepare and cook the dish.[4][3] Ginger, garlic, tomatoes, green chilli and coriander are key to the flavor of the dish.[5] What distinguishes chicken karahi from other curries from the region is that traditionally, it is cooked without onions in the base, and instead uses just tomatoes, ginger and garlic.[6] It is usually served with naan, roti or rice. This dish is common in North Indian and Pakistani cuisine.[1]
History
The Hindi-Urdu word karahi (a type of pot used in the Indian subcontinent) derives from the Prakrit word kataha (कटाह), being mentioned in the Sanskrit text Sushruta Samhita.[7]
Chicken karahi (chicken kadahi) may originate in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, being famous in the city of Lahore.[3][8] The dish's relative, gosht karahi (gosht kadahi) is thought to have originated in the colonial era North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) with this dish being made of lamb or goat, rather than chicken.[3]
The dish is a staple in menus of Indian and Pakistani restaurants in various parts of the world; the 'Bigger than Bollywood' experience at Hexham Library in Northumberland featured Indian cooks making chicken karahi with naan for British Film Institute tourists as early as 2002.[9]
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Springer Nature(5 July 2020). ISBN 978-3-030-39676-3
- ↑ Healing Foods, Healthy Foods: Use superfoods to help fight disease and maintain a healthy body{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Little, Brown Book Group(25 February 2011). ISBN 978-1-84803-571-3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Food Stories: Mutton karahi/(6 October 2014). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Chicken Karahi – Is this delicacy one of the best dishes in Pakistan?/(3 May 2021). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Chicken Karahi - Chicken Tomato Curry - Jamil Ghar(2022-01-02). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ Chicken Karahi Recipe, Cooks, Fatima. Fatima Cooks(2020-02-26). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ↑ Karahi. Gastronomiac(2025). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ↑ The Rough Guide to London Restaurants{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Rough Guides(2003). ISBN 978-1-84353-097-8
- ↑ Library + Information Update{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals(2002)
Citations
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