10 minPrep
20 minCook
30 minTotal
3Servings
300Kcal
Ingredients
- —Chicken : 1 Kg
- —Mint twigs : 4 to 5 twigs
- —Ginger : 1 inch finely grated
- —Garlic: 5 to 6 pods finely chopped
- —Coriander : 1/2 bowl,finely chopped Turmeric :1/4th teaspoon.
- —Garam Masala powder: 1TSP
- —Cinnamon powder : 3/4th teaspoon
- —Black pepper powder : 1/4th teaspoon
- —Curd : 3 to 4 TBSP (tablespoon)
- —Ghee : 2 to 3 TBSP (you can use clarinated butter or olive oil)
- —Honey :1 TSP (teaspoon-optional)
- —Fried onions : 2 TBSP
- —Green chilies : 2 to 4 OR (According to the heat or Spice you require to your taste likening)
Instructions
- Clean the chicken thoroughly under running water and keep it aside to drain.
- In a mixer grind all the wet ingredients together like Ginger, Garlic, Green chilies (grind it if you like heat in the chicken or you can even add later at the preparation stage) Mint and half of the coriander.
- Now take the chicken and cover it with the paste or green chutney from the mixie.
- Apply curd too and nicely brush the chicken with these ingredients and keep it covered.
- In a pan take ghee and heat it on medium flame, add the bay leaf, black cardamom and green chilies if not added to the mixie.
- Now add the marinated chicken to it, you can add the remaining curd and a little water and let it cook for roughly about 10 minutes. Remove the lid,check the thickness of the gravy, if it is watery cook for some more time till you get gravy like consistency.
- Check if the chicken is tender, now at this stage you can add all the dry masala powders and salt, You can also add the remaining ghee and honey if you want at this stage.
- Check the saltiness, spice level, sweetness and tenderness of the chicken, see how you like the gravy, very thick or a little runny.(Optional - You can completely dry the gravy to get a dry chicken dish like a starter dish )
- Add cinnamon powder, stir the chicken well and garnish with fried onions, coriander and serve hot with your favorite bread,rice or appetizers.
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