Chicken Masala

Ingredients:

1.     Chicken - 1 ½  to 2  kg

2.     Onion- 1

3.     Oil- 100 ml

4.     Khash Khash- 50 gm

5.     Almond- 50 gm

6.     Cashew nuts- 50 gm

7.     Dry coconut powder- 50 gm 

8.     Shazira Elaichi powder-2 tsp

9.     Shazira- 1 tsp

10.   Elaichi- 1 tsp

11.  Cinnamon- 4 pieces (3 inch each)

12.    Curd- 200 gm

13.   Malai / Cream- 200 gm

14.  Salt- 1 ½  tsp

15.   Red chilli powder- 1 tsp

16.   Garlic & ginger paste- 2 tsp

17.   Turmeric powder- ½  tsp

18.  Green chillies- 10 (paste)

19.   Corriander- 3 bunches

20. Mint- 1 bunch

Method:

• Roast khash khash and coconut seperately.
• Grind roasted khash khas, almonds, cashew nuts and roasted coconut seperately and take in a bowl. And mix curd , malai and shazira-elaichi powder with it.
• Keep a vessel on stove, pour oil and fry onion till it is golden brown remove it from oil, when it cools down mash and keep it aside.
• To the same oil add shazira , elaichi and cinnamon and fry until it turns light golden.
•  Add chicken, salt, red chilli, garlic & ginger, turmeric and green chilli and fry this well untill water of chicken dries.
• Then add curd mixture which was kept aside, mix well and add 1 ltr water. After adding water cover the lid until chicken becomes tender.
• Now remove lid and add coriander, mint and leave it to boil for 1 min. Then leave this on sim for 15 mins, cover the lid by keeping a small gap.  Put off the stove.
• Your Chicken Masala is now ready to eat.
• Serve this with Naan.