Choila is an authentic Nepalese dish. Although traditionally it’s made of roasted buffalo meat, chicken version of it has become popular in today’s world. Thanks to the availability of it which is also much cheaper.
Chicken Choila is generally served as an appetizer / entree. I usually have it as a main dish because of its protein value and ease of preparation. When I go to any Nepalese cultural event, I mostly eat Choila on entree and eat less of the main dish after.
Protein and calories in this chicken Choila
This chicken Choila contains a good amount of high-quality protein. As we are using lean chicken breast, there isn’t much saturated fat which makes it a very healthy dish.
One serve of this chicken Choila has around 40g of protein and only 350 calories. Feel free to add some carbs on side.
What to serve with chicken Choila?
It’s best to serve chicken Choila with some rice flakes (Chiura in Nepali). As you can already guess, it also goes well with rice. I prefer brown rice for its texture. It’s also good to serve with baked potato.
What type of tomato to use?
It’s best to make chicken Choila using cherry tomato. If you have regular tomato, I suggest you add some lemon juice to increase the sourness and mimic the cherry tomato’s flavour.
Ginger / garlic ratio
The perfect ginger garlic ratio for this ratio is 2-part garlic by 1-part ginger. Easy enough.
Recipe
Spicy Chicken Choila
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken breast
- 250 g tomato
- 10 cloves garlic
- 2 slices ginger
- 1 cup red onion
- 1 bunch coriander
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp ground sichuan pepper Timur
- 2 green chilli
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Take chicken breasts. Make the thickness even using a meat tenderizer.500 g chicken breast
- Heat a grill pan and put olive oil. Place the chicken and cook them for about 8 minutes. Turn them in every 2 minutes.2 tbsp olive oil
- Put the cooked chicken aside. Using the same, roast the tomatoes.250 g tomato
- Smash the ginger, garlic, and chilli using pestle and mortar until you form a rough texture as shown in the picture.10 cloves garlic, 2 slices ginger, 2 green chilli
- Put the ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes in a large bowl.
- Smash and mix them all. Add salt and spices in and mix again.2 tsp salt, 2 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp ground sichuan pepper
- Cut the cooked chicken into bite size pieces.
- Add chicken and onion in the mixing bowl and mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander and enjoy the spicy chicken choila.1 bunch coriander, 1 cup red onion
