Chicken cooked in a thick rich nut gravy. Ideal for a Sunday afternoon meal.
Ingredients:
- Chicken chopped into medium-sized pieces – 1 kilogram
- Onions – 6, sliced thin and deep-fried in oil to a crisp golden brown (reserve 2 tablespoons of the oil used to fry the onions)
- Green chillies slit long – 2 (adjust spice levels here)
- Black Raisins – 1 tablespoon
- Hung Curd – 1 cup, some part to be used in the marinade and masala paste
Marinade for the Chicken: Marinate the chicken in the ingredients listed below and set aside for half an hour to one hour.
- Ginger Garlic paste – 4 tablespoons
- Kashmiri chilli powder – 3 teaspoons
- Turmeric powder- 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder – 2 teaspoons
- Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – 1 teaspoon
- Hung Curd – 2 tablespoons
- Fresh Cream – 2 tablespoons
Masala Paste: Grind the below mentioned ingredients to a fine paste and set aside.
- Almonds – ¼ cup full
- Hung Curd – 4 tablespoons
- Fresh Cream- 2 tablespoons
- Fried onions – ½ a cup
For seasoning:
- Bay leaf – 4
- Cinnamon – 4, 1″ sticks
- Green cardamom- 6
- Black cardamom- 1
- Peppercorns – ½ teaspoon
- Cloves – 6
- Oil left over from frying the onions – 2 tablespoons
Method:
- To a deep casserole with a lid, on medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of oil and drop in all the seasoning ingredients. Toss around until fragrant.
- Shake off the excess marinade from the chicken pieces and add them to the casserole with the seasoning. Reserve the remaining marinade for later.
- Fry the chicken with the spices for about 5 minutes without a lid. Once it starts bubbling, cover and cook it on low heat until the chicken is almost done. This should take about 10 – 15 minutes.
- Now remove the lid and continue cooking it open until the gravy thickens a little.
- Stir in the reserved marinade and ground masala and cook the chicken until the gravy has thickened to your liking.
- Toss in the slit green chillies and black currants.
- Simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Serve garnished with the remaining fried onions, lime wedge and naan/roti.
Notes:
- Instead of ¼ cup of almond, a mix of almond and cashew also works well.
This was delicious! Many thanks…