Chicken In Cashewnut Gravy
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Preparation Time: 10 - 15 mins
Cooking Time: 15-20 mins
Servings: 6 |
A very delicious, rich and flavorful chicken main course dish. This easy to make chicken in cashewnut gravy can be savoured with pulaos as well as naans and parathas.
Required ingredients
- 500 grams chicken with bones - cut into medium pieces
- 1 medium onion
- 3-4 green chillies
- 4-5 flakes of garlic
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 large capsicum
- 1 cup beaten yoghurt
- 1/2 cup cashewnut paste
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- Salt as per taste
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
- A little red food color - optional
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/4 cup ghee
Directions & How to
- Grind onions, chillies, ginger and garlic to a smooth paste.
- In a bowl take the ground paste, mix into it half of the beaten yoghurt, half of cashewnut paste, 1/2 tbsp each coriander and cumin powder, kashmiri red chilli powder and salt. Mix it well and marinate the chicken pieces in it for 5-6 hours.
- In a thick bottomed pan, heat a tbsp of oil, add cumin seeds and let it sizzle. Mix in marinated chicken and cook it on medium high flame for 5-6 minutes.
- Add remaining yoghurt, remaining cashewnut paste and remaining cumin and coriander powder, and red food color if using and let it cook on a slow flame for 2-3 minutes.
- Meanwhile in a small pan, heat ghee, add chopped capsicum and fry it for around 2 minutes.
- Pour the ghee along with fried capsicum in the cooked chicken, sprinkle garam masala powder and saute it well for a minute more.
- Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.
