Punjabi Chicken Masala



Ingredients:
  • Chicken - 1 small
  • Onion - 3
  • Tomatoes - 3 finely chopped
  • Garlic - 10 cloves
  • Ginger - 2 inch pieces
  • Chilli powder - 3 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 3 tsp
  • Turmeric - 1 tsp
  • Jeera - 2 tsp
  • Cardamon - 6 nos.
  • Cloves - 6 nos.
  • Grated Coconut - 2 tsp
  • Sugar - 2 tsp
  • Cashewnut - 15 to 20 nos.
  • Curd - 1 cup
  • Dalda - 1/2 cup

Preparation:
  • Grind garlic and mix with curd.
  • Chop ginger finely.
  • Grind coconut and cashew (soaked in water) into a coarse paste.
  • Grind chilli powder, coriander powder, jeera and 1 onion to a paste.
  • Finely chop the remaining 2 onions.
  • Take a fryng pan and heat the dalda.
  • Add the sugar (till it turns brown and fumes start coming out) and then add cardamon, cloves, onion and saute.
  • Add chopped ginger, turmeric powder and groud masala and saute.
  • Fry nicely until the raw smell is gone.
  • Add the garlic-curd paste and saute.
  • When all the water evaporates and oil starts seperating out, add teh chopped tomatoes and saute.
  • Add the chicken pieces, coconut-cashew paste and saute well.
  • When the fried smell comes, add salt and 1/2 cup water, cover with lid and cook on a low flame.
  • When the chicken is cooked, oil seperates out.
  • Can remove from flame, once the gravy turns thick.