Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2009

BUTTER CHICKEN

Ingredients
  • 1kg chicken cut into small pieces ( preferably boneless)·
  • 2 tsp Butter·2spn Oil·
  • 2tsp Ginger garlic paste·
  • 1spn Chilly powder·
  • 1 1/2 spn Coriander powder·
  • 1 big Onions·
  • 1 big Tomato's·
  • 1 spn Cumin seeds·
  • 1spn Fenugreek leaf powder( kasuri methi)·
  • 1/2 cup Cashewnuts’·
  • Little Sugar·(optional)
  • Little tomato ketchup·(optional)
  • Half cup cream( we can use milk ..,prefer a thick milk )
  • Garam masala(optional)

Preparation method ·

Mix chicken with ginger and garlic paste,coriander powder and salt.

In a pan add little oil and shallow fry chicken and keep aside·

In the same pan add little oil if needed and if its hot add cumin seeds and add onions and ginger and garlic paste or chopped. and add little water to it so that all the masala that is stick ed in the pan will mix with the water.

Add coriander powder and chilly powder to the mix.then add fenugreek leef powder just crush it with hand and put it into the gravy.add tomatoes and close the lid and cook it slowly.

Let the gravy cool .then make a smooth paste using a blender.

Add the gravy to the pan and add little more water if needed to adjust the consistency of the gravy.

finally add half a cup of cream.the cream will give a shining glaze to the gravy and then add the fried chicken to the gravy.we can also add a pinch of garam masala at this stage is
also optional.

CHICKEN CURRY

This is the chicken curry my mom used to make. its very tasty and we can make chicken , fry and gravy using the same recepie.just add water, for the gravy or fry till all water evaporates.with less oil we can make a nice chicken fry.
this chicken is nice with chappathi , naan and even rice.

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken cut into small pieces.
• 4 small onions
• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium tomatos
2 greenchilly
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilly poder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 2 tsp pepper powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• ½ tsp garam masala
• ½ inch Cinnamon
• 3 cloves
• 2 Elaichi
• 3 tsp ginger garlic paste
• A bunch of cilantro

Preparation method

In a pan drizzle oil and add whole garam masalas saute for 2 minutes( cinnamon cloves and elaichi)

Add small onions and add ginger and garlic paste and saute well for 2 minutes
Add onion and green chilly , saute till the onion is trasparent.

Add turmeric, chilly ,coriander,pepper and cumin powder respectively and saute till oil comes out ..add little salt at this time.
Add tomatos and saute well and add garam masala to it.add chicken pieces and mix well..fry the chicken in this gravy dont add water.cook for 10 to 15 minutes then the chicken curry is ready.garnish with cilantro

If you cook this chicken without adding water you will get a nice chicken fry.
chicken loose out water while cooking .if u need more gravy add water accordingly.
U can also Pressure cook the chicken for 1 whistle