Tag: Afghani Chicken

Ingredients

For the 1^st Marination

1. Chicken -800gms
2. Ginger Garlic paste-2tbsp
3. Lemon-1tbsp
4. Salt-1tbsp

Ingredients

For the second Marination

1.cashews-10

2.coriander leaves-1 up

3.mint leaves-1/2cup

4.onion-1(chopped)

5.green chillies- 6

Other ingredients

1.fresh cream-1cup

2.curd-1cup

3.garam masala-1tsp

4.chat masala-1tsp

5.pepper powder -1tsp

6.kasoori methi-1tsp

7.cardamom-4

8.cloves-4

9.cinnamonsticks-1

10.butter-2tbsp

11.oil-2tbsp

Method

1. In a bowl add in the ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, salt and washed and drained chicken. Mix everything well and keep it to marinate for half an hour .
2. In a mixer grinder add in the coriander leaves ,mint leaves cashews ,green chillies ,onion. Grind this to a paste and transfer this to a bowl. In this mixture add curd, fresh cream, chat masala, kasoori methi, garam masala, pepper powder. Mix everything well.

1. Now add the chicken Marination to the grinded mixture. Combine everything nicely add salt accordingly . Marinate it for half an hour.
2. Heat a grill pan apply  2tbsp of butter on it . Grill the chicken pieces alone, reserve the extra marinade aside ,fry the chicken on both sides for 8to10mnts until browned an keep it aside.
3. Heat another pan on medium low flame add the butter an oil. Add the cloves , cardamom, cinnamon sticks. Saute for a minute. Add the resumed gravy and grilled chicken in it an mix everything.
4. Add half a cup of hot water to it. Adjust the salt if needed. Close and cook it for 7 to 8minutes on low medium flame. At last garnish it with coriander leaves.
5. Serve with roti and naan.

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