Almond Chicken (Badami Chicken)

Ingredients

Chicken – 1

Onion - 3

Almonds soaked in water -250 gms

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbl.sp

Tomato - 2

Yoghurt – 3 tbl.sp

Red chilli and green chili as per taste

Bay leaf – 1

Coriander powder – 1 tbl.sp

Cumin powder – 1 tsp

Saffron soaked in milk

Coriander and mint leaves

Salt as per taste

Roast and make a fine powder of

Cloves – 4

Cinnamon – 1 inch stick

Poppy seed – 1 tsp

Green cardamom – 3

Fennel seed – ½ tsp

Method

Wash and cut chicken into medium pieces.

Make a paste of half of the almonds and other halves cut into thin long slices and fry in oil and keep aside.

Cut onions finely.

Heat ghee in a pan and add bay leaf, sauté for a minute and then fry  onions till golden brown in colour. Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute till the raw smell goes. Then add tomatoes and sauté till it is completely mashed. Then add red chilli powder, green chilli paste, coriander and cumin powder, roasted garam masala, yoghurt  and salt and fry till the oil separates from the masala. Then add chicken pieces and cook on a slow flame till it becomes tender. Add a cup of water and keep on stirring in between.  When chicken is cooked, add a  paste of almond and half of coriander and mint leaves.

While serving, garnish with fried almonds and coriander and mint leaves