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.
