Shahi Chicken

20m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Marinate the chicken with basic ingredients: lemon juice, salt, black pepper, and ginger-garlic paste. Mix well and let it marinate for 10-15 minutes.
  2. 2In a blender, mix one cup of milk with almonds, cashews, and 3-4 green chilies. Blend to make a fine paste.
  3. 3Dry roast whole spices: cumin seeds, cloves, black cardamom, green cardamom, star anise, mace, coriander seeds, and fennel seeds. Dry roast for 10-15 seconds and then coarsely blend them into a powder.
  4. 4In a pan, sauté two sliced onions in half a cup of oil for 2-3 minutes.
  5. 5Add marinated chicken to the pan and cook until it turns light brown.
  6. 6Add the blended chili paste, yogurt, and 1-2 tbsp of shahi chicken masala to the chicken. Mix well.
  7. 7Cook for 7-8 minutes, or until the oil separates from the mixture.
  8. 8Garnish with green chilies, ginger, and fresh coriander.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg chicken
  • 2 tbsp ginger garlic
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 0.5 tsp zeera (cumin seeds)
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 black cardamom
  • 4 green cardamom
  • 1 star anise
  • 0.5 piece mace
  • 1 tbsp corriander seeds
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 3 dry red chillies
  • 0.5 cup oil
  • 2 sliced onions
  • 7 almonds
  • 5 cashewnuts
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 green chillies
  • 0.5 cup curd
  • 1 tbsp shahi chicken masala
  • 0.5 cup fresh coriander
  • 0.5 cup ginger
  • 0.5 cup green chillies

Equipment

blenderwok or frying pan