Chicken Rezala

Ingredients

For marinating chicken

Chicken – 300 gms

White pepper powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Yoghurt – ½ cup

Fresh cream – 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Salt as per taste

Other ingredients

Bay leaf – 1

Cloves – 3

Cardamom – 4

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Whole red chilli – 2

Onion boiled and then made into a paste – 1 big

Cashewnut and poppy seed paste – 3 to 4 tbl.sp

Few strands of saffron

Kewra essence – a drop of

Salt as per taste

Method

First wash and marinate the chicken with the ingredients given.

Heat 2 tbl.of ghee/butter, add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, red chilli and sauté for a minute, then add onion paste, sauté for 2 to 3  minutes, then add cashewnut and poppy seed paste, and again fry for 2 to 3 minutes.

Add marinated chicken pieces, few strands of saffron, kewra essence, and a cup of water and leave it to cook on a slow flame for half an hour.

When done, garnish with roasted chopped almonds and serve hot with roti.