Chicken Kandhari Kofta

Ingredients

Chicken Mince – 500 gm

Boiled onion paste – ¾ cup

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Cinnamon powader – ½ tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Tomato puree – ½ cup

Cashew nut paste – 2/3 cup

Pomegranate syrup – 2 tsp

Fresh cream – ½ cup

Oil – 3 tsp

Salt as per taste

Method

Wash the chicken and drain excess water till it is completely dried. Add to it cinnamon powder. One teaspoon of salt and mix well. Divide this into equal portions and shape them into balls and keep aside.

Soak cashew nut in water for half an hour and then grind to a smooth paste.

Heat oil in a pan, add boiled onion paste and cook till it turns pink. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute. Then add red chilli powder and coriander powder.

In another pan, mix tomato puree and cashew nut paste with little water and cook on a high flame stirring continuously..

Add 1 ½ cup water and bring to boil. Add chicken koftas and cook for ten minutes stirring in between. Add garam masala powder and pomegranate syrup. Simmer for five minutes then add fresh cream. Serve hot with naan or paratha.