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Creamiest Murgh Malai Kofta Creamy Chicken Kofta Curry Chicken Kofta secret tips
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken minced
- 1 tbsp Tender Coriander stems (finely chopped)
- 4-5 no. Green chillies (less spicy & finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- 1-2 tbsp Butter (cubed)
- 1-2 tbsp Oil for shallow frying
- Prepared koftas
- 2-3 tbsp Ghee
- 2 large Onions (sliced)
- 10-12 no. Cashew Nuts
- 2 cup Curd (beaten), curd (yogurt)
- 1 heaped tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 2-3 cup Hot water
- 2-3 heaped tbsp Black peppercorns
- 7-8 no. Cloves
- 10-12 no. Green cardamom
- 2 no. Mace
- Salt to taste
- Prepared gravy
- Salt to taste
- 2 no. Green chillies (slit into half)
- Fried koftas
- A pinch of sugar
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- ¼ cup Fresh cream
- 1-2 tbsp Ghee
- 3 no. dry Kashmiri red chillies
- 1 tsp Degi red chili powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
- Little water
- Prepared dry masala
- Prepared tadka, prepared tadka
- Silver work
- Dry fenugreek leaves (crushed), kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- Coriander sprig, coriander leaves
Steps
- In a bowl, add chicken minced, tender coriander stems, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, salt to taste, breadcrumbs and marinate well.
- Add butter and give it a good mix.
- Divide the mixture into medium size lemon balls to make a kofta shape.
- Place them on a tray or dish and keep it aside for further use.
- In a pan, add oil for frying. Once it’s hot, add one by one prepared koftas and cook them for 5-6 minutes or until it’s half cooked.
- Transfer them to a tray or dish and keep it aside for further use.
- In a handi, add ghee. Once it’s hot, add onions and cook them until onions get translucent in texture.
- Add cashew nuts, curd, ginger- garlic paste, and cook for a while or until oil separates from the masala.
- Add hot water, cover it with the lid and let it cook for 10-12 minutes on low to medium flames.
- Once it’s cooked then keep it aside to cool down the temperature.
- Transfer the mixture into the mixer grinder or blend it with the hand blender to make a smooth fine paste.
- Keep it aside for further use.
- Heat a pan, add black peppercorns, cloves, green cardamom, mace, salt to taste and roast for 2-3 minutes until it’s aromatic.
- Transfer it into the mixer grinder jar and grind it into fine powder.
- Keep it aside for further use.
- In a handi, add prepared gravy, salt to taste, green chillies and give it a quick boil.
- Add fried koftas, a pinch of sugar and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
- Finish it with ghee, fresh cream and give it a good mix.
- Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with prepared dry masala, prepared tadka, silver vark, crushed dry fenugreek leaves and coriander sprig.
- Serve hot with roti or naan.
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