Showing posts with label how to make chicken curry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to make chicken curry. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Mughlai Chicken with Potato

Ingredients
Chicken – ½ kg
Onion – 2
Tomato – 1
Yoghurt – 2 cup
Potato – 3
Ginger – ½ inch
Garlic – 6
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Red chilli and salt as per taste
Coriander leaves – ½ cup

Method
cut potato into long thick slices.
Make a paste of onion, ginger garlic and salt.
Add red chilli powder, garam masala ,  potato and half of onion paste to the yoghurt. Mix it well and then add the chicken pieces and leave it to marinate for 2 to 3 hours at room temperature.
Take a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee and stir fry half of the onion paste till the raw smell goes.  Then add tomato and turmeric powder and stir fry till tomatoes are mashed. Then add chicken along with the marinated masala and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add two cups of water and cover and cook on a medium flame till the chicken is done.
When the chicken is cooked, remove from fire and keep on a live charcoal for few minutes and then remove, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.


Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Chicken Makhana

Ingredients
Chicken –500gm
Onion - 3
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbl.sp
Yoghurt – ½ cup
Green chilli - 2
Fried makhana(lotus seed) – 1 cup
Corriader powder – 1 tbl.sp
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Cashewnut - 20
Salt and red chilli as per taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Marinate chicken with salt, red chilli powder, garam masala, corrianer powder, turmeric powder and youghurt and leave aside.
Soak cashewnut in water for half an hour and then grind it to a fine paste.
Fry onions till golden brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste, green chilli and sauté for a minute till the raw smell goes.
Add marinated chicken pieces to it and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes till the masala separates from the oil.
Add one cup of water and leave it to cook on a medium flame till the chicken pieces are cooked. Keep on stirring in between.
When done, add cashewnut paste and makhana  and leave it to simmer on a low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.