Bihari Chicken curry

Bihari Chicken curry

Ingredients

Chicken cut into pieces 1kg
Onion(payaz), sliced 4 big
Tomato (tamater) 3 medium
Garlic (lahsan) 15 to 16 cloves
Ginger(adrakh) 2″ piece
Red chilli (lal mirch) 4 -6
Cumin seed (jeera) 1 tea spoon
Black pepper (kali mirch) 1 tea spoon
Turmeric powder(haldi) 1 tea spoon
Hot spices (garam masala) ½ tea spoon
Coriander powder(dhaniya) 1 table spoon
Dried fenugreek leaves (Kasuri methi) 1 tea spoon
Curd (dahi) 2 table spoons
Bay leaf(tej patta) 2-3
Black cardamom (badi ilaichi) 2
Small cardamom (chhoti elaichi) 2
Clove (lawang) 4
Cinnamon (dalchini) 2″ piece
Coriander leaves (hara dhaniya) Chopped 3-4 table spoons
Mustard oil (sarso ka tel) 5-6 table spoons

Instructions

  • 1. Clean and wash chicken pieces .Mix curd, little turmeric powder, black pepper powder salt and keep a side.
  • 2. Put cumin seed, black pepper, 2 small cardamom, 1 black cardamom, 1" cinnamon, garlic, ginger, red chilli, turmeric in a grinder and make a smooth paste. (You can use rolling stone (sil lodha) instead of grinder. It will give awesome aroma to the dish).
  • 3. Heat oil in pan add bay leaves, black cardamom, small cardamom, clove, cinnamon and stir it for 2 minutes.
  • 4. Then add sliced onion and fry it till it become golden in colour.
  • 5. Add ground spice paste and dried fenugreek leaves fry for 2 minutes.
  • 6. Then add chopped tomatoes mix well and then let it cook for 5-7 minutes.
  • 7. Then add chicken pieces to cook and cover with lid till oil gets separated.
  • 8. Put hot spices and salt and add 4 to 5 cup of boiling water and cook for15 minutes.
  • 9. Once chicken becomes soft add coriander leaves and serve with rice or Paratha.

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