The Mughlai chicken gravy with aromatic spices and tender chicken pieces is great to enjoy with steamed basmati rice or paratha,roti or Naan.
Ingredients
700 gms chicken(washed,cut into medium pieces)
2 medium onions( chopped)
3 medium tomatoes(grind it into fine paste)
2 black cardamon
4 green cardamon
1”cinnamon
1 whole mace
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder
1/2 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
3 tbsp cashew nut paste
1 tsp Garam masala
1/2 tsp kasuri methi
2 tbsp butter
2 green chillies finely chopped
Salt to taste
Method
*Wash the chicken seasoned with salt than add in 1tbsp ginger garlic paste to the chicken keep aside.marinate for 15mins.
*Heat up a pot on a medium heat pour in oil when the oil is hot add in black and green cardamon, mace and cinnamon fry it for few seconds till you get a nice aroma of the spice.
*Add in chopped onions fry it till golden brown
*Add in 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste fry for few seconds till the raw smell of the ginger garlic goes away.
*Add in turmeric powder,Kashmiri chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander powder ,fry it for few seconds add in tomato paste Sauté for 5 to 7 mins.
*Add in the chicken pieces ,coat the pieces with the gravy mix everything together On a high flame cook the chicken for 5 mins so that the chicken absorbs the gravy add in chopped green chillies...add in salt...add in little water if the gravy is thick.
*Lower the flame and Cover the pot and cook it for 15 mins.
*Open the cover of the pot and remove the chicken pieces in a plate...keep it aside
*let the gravy cool down.
*When cool...transfer the gravy in a blender...and Grind the gravy into a paste.remove the masala paste from the blender and keep aside.
*Take another pot, on a high flame add in 1 tbsp oil add the ground paste add in 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder add in 1 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder ,add the cashew nut paste ,add in kasuri methi and mix it very well ...now add the chicken cover it n cook for 3 to 4 min....
*Serve hot with a garnish of kasuri methi.
*Your Mouthwatering chicken lababdar is ready to eat.
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