1Marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, mustard oil, and salt.
2Prepare a homemade garam masala with cloves, green cardamom, black cardamom, cinnamon, black peppercorns, Javitri, Jaiphal, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and dry red chillies.
3Slice the onions.
4Add mustard oil to a pan and sauté the onions with sugar.
5Toss in the marinated chicken and cook on a high heat.
6Mix in the homemade garam masala with warm water, cover, and cook on a low flame.
7Mix curd, red chilli powder, and besan in a bowl.
8Turn off the gas and add the mixture with rest of the masala and brown ghee.
9Simmer until the chicken is tender.
Ingredients
600 gm chicken
0.5 tsp turmeric powder
1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 green chillies
2 tbsp mustard oil
4 cloves
3 green cardamom
1 black cardamom
1 2 inch cinnamon
9 black peppercorns
0.5 Javitri (Mace)
0.25 Jaiphal (Nutmeg)
0.5 tsp coriander seeds
0.25 tsp cumin seeds
2 dry red chillies
300 gm onions
0.25 cup mustard oil
0.25 tsp sugar
3 tbsp warm water
2 tsp curd
0.5 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
1 tsp brown ghee
besan
Equipment
panwooden spatulamortar and pestle
Tips
Add half the weight of the chicken in onions.
Prepare a homemade garam masala to add a rich taste and deep color.