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Nawabi Chicken Kalimirch
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 potato cut into big pieces
- 150 grams curd
- 2 tsp black pepper powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 grated onion
- 4 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 3-4 slit green chillies
- 2 tsp kasuri methi
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp mustard oil for marination
- 4 tbsp fresh cream
- Chopped coriander for garnishing
- 1 capsicum cut into cubes
- 2 tbsp butter
- 5 tbsp refined oil
- 8-10 peppercorns
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 dried red chilli
- 4 green cardamom
- 4-5 cloves
- 1 black cardamom
- 1 javitri
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Steps
- First we will marinate the chicken. For that we will add curd, 2 tbsp mustard oil and a tsp of pepper powder. Mix everything well and refrigerate it for an hour or two.
- Now we will soak 10 to 12 cashews for an hour. After that we will add this cashews in a grinding jar with 2 tbsp of curd and grind them into a smooth paste.
- Now heat a kadai. Add 4 tbsp of oil in it. Shallow fry the potato pieces. Keep them aside. Then add all the khada masalas mentioned above in the ingredients section.
- Let them splutter a while. Then grated onion to it. At the same time add ginger-garlic paste. Add some salt and cook it on a low flame. Fry the masala for about 7 to 8 minutes.
- Then add the marinated chicken in it. Combine it well with the masala; now cover the kadai with a lid and cook it on a low flame for about 15 minutes. Keep stirring in between.
- Now in a separate pan add a tsp of oil and stir-fry the capsicum cubes. In the same pan fry the raisins too and keep them aside.
- Now let's come to the chicken, after 15 minutes, add the cashews and curd mixture and mix it. (mentioned in step 2 above) Then add 1 cup of lukewarm water and mix it well.
- Cook for about 10 minutes on a low flame then add 4 tbsp of fresh cream. Give it a mix. Now cook for another 5 minutes.
- Then add some kasuri methi, fried raisins and capsicum cubes and black pepper powder. Mix everything well. Cook for another 5 minutes then add 2 tbsp of butter. Finally add some fresh cream and some chopped coriander. Switch off the flame.
- Your Nawabi Chicken Kalimirch is now ready to serve. Serve it hot with some parathas.