kadhai chicken

Kadhai Murg

Ingredients

Chicken cubes 500 grams
Onion (payaz), chopped 1 cup
Tomato (tamater), chopped ½ cup
Capsicum (Shimla), chopped in cubes
Garlic-ginger (adrakh lahsan) paste 1 table spoon
Yoghurt (dahi) 2 table spoon
Cashew nut (kaju) powder 1 table spoon
Vegetable Oil 4 table spoon
Saffron (kesar) few strands
Cream (malai) 4 table spoon
Milk (doodh) powder ½ tea spoon
Dry fenugreek Leaves (kasuri methi) 2 tea spoon
Red chili (lal mirch) powder ½ tea spoon
Turmeric (haldi) ½ tea spoon
Cinnamon (dalchini) 1” piece
Whole red chili (sabut lal mirch) 2 piece
Cloves (laung) 2 piece
Salt to taste

Kadhai Masala

Cumin seeds (jeera sabut) 2 table spoon
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) 2 table spoon
Black pepper (kali mirch) 1 table spoon

Instructions

  1. Roast and grind the “kadhai masala” and keep aside.
  2. Mix curd, cashew nut powder, saffron, dried fenugreek leaves and milk powder and set aside.
  3. Make a smooth paste of onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes.
  4. Heat oil and add whole chillies, cinnamon, cloves and stir it.
  5. Add “Kadai masala paste”, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and fry till oil separates.
  6. Add chicken pieces, cook it for 8- 10 minutes.
  7. Now, add 1/2 cup of water cook it covered for 15 minutes.
  8. Add the curd mixture and cook it covered on a slow flame for thick gravy.
  9. Add capsicum and cook it for 5 more minutes. Garnish it with fried chillies.

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