Badami Chicken curry (Almond chicken curry)

Ingredients

Chicken curry cut – 1kg

Oil – 3 tablespoons

Ghee – 2 tablespoons

Black peppercorn – 2-3 nos

Cinnamon – 1 inch

Black cardamom – 2-3

Bay leaves – 2 nos

Onion finely chopped – 1 and 1/2 cup

Ginger grated – 2 teaspoons

Garlic – 2 teasoopns

Curd – 1/2 cup whisked with 1 tsp maida

Green chilli – 2-3 slit into half

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder – 1tsp

Red chilli powder – 1tsp

Salt to taste

Almonds – 20-25 nos ( Blanched, peeled and made into paste)

Milk – 1/2 cup

Fresh cream – 1/4 cup

Kasuri Methi – 2 tablespoons (crushed with hands)

Method:-

Heat oil and ghee in a pan.

Once the oil is hot, add cloves,black pepper corn, cinnamon, Black cardamom and bay leaves and let them crackle fro a few seconds.

Add onion and fry until slightly browned.

Add ginger and garlic and fry for 2 minutes

Now add chicken and cook on high heat for 4-5 minutes

Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, salt and almond paste.

Now add milk and 1/2 cup water and cover and cook until chicken is done.

Remove the lid and cook until the gray is slightly thickened.

Add fresh cream and kasuri methi and mix well.

Serve hot with Naan or rice.

By whiskaffair.com

 

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