Punjabi chicken

Name: Punjabi chicken
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 750 grams chicken; 5 onions roughly chopped; 10-12 garlic colves; 1 inch ginger; 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste for marination; 2 tbsp shaahi jeera; 6 cloves; 3 small cinnamon sticks; 1 big cardamom; 4 small cardamoms; 2 bay leaves; As required Few whole peppercorn seeds; 2 tomatoes roughly chopped; 2 tbsp roasted cumin powder; 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves; 3 tbsp coriander powder; 1 1/2 tbsp Garam masala powder; 2 tbsp crushed kasuri methi; 3 tbsp turmeric powder; 2 tbsp Red chilli powder for marination; 1/2 cup lime juice for marination; as required Mustard oil/ refined oil; as required Ghee; 2 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder

Shraddha Chatterjee @cook_24711554

Punjabis are one of the all time foodies among the Indian populace. The smell of bhuna masalas and the quintessential dhaba aroma can be expected from a punjabi chicken. Try this at your home. I am sure you will not regret your choice of cooking.

Shraddha Chatterjee @cook_24711554

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 people

750 gramschicken
5onions roughly chopped
10-12garlic colves
1 inchginger
2 tbspginger garlic paste for marination
2 tbspshaahi jeera
6cloves
3small cinnamon sticks
1big cardamom
4small cardamoms
2bay leaves
As required Few whole peppercorn seeds
2tomatoes roughly chopped
2 tbsproasted cumin powder
1/2 cupfresh coriander leaves
3 tbspcoriander powder
1 1/2 tbspGaram masala powder
2 tbspcrushed kasuri methi
3 tbspturmeric powder
2 tbspRed chilli powder for marination
1/2 cuplime juice for marination
as required Mustard oil/ refined oil
as required Ghee
2 tbspKashmiri red chilli powder

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Steps

1 hour

1

Marinate the chicken with salt, 2 tbsp red chilli powder, 1 tbsp turmeric powder, 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste, half cup lime juice and a bit of mustard oil. Keep it for 1 hour. Shallow fry the chicken so that they r cooked from outside (not inside) for two minutes.
2

Heat oil in a pan. Add 2 bay leaves, 2-3 very small cinnamon sticks, black peppercorn seeds, 2 tbsp shahi jeera, 1 big Elaichi, 4 small Elaichi, 5-6 cloves. Let it splutter for sometime. Add 5 onions, 10-12 garlic cloves,1 inch ginger roughly chopped. Fry till the onions turn translucent. Now add 2 roughly chopped tomatoes. Add salt. Also add half cup fresh coriander leaves. Cook till the tomatoes are softened and leave oil. Blend these into a fine paste.
3

In a pan, add 2 tbsp ghee with the remaining oil used to fry the chicken. Add 2 tbsp Kashmiri red chili powder. Then add the paste and cook for few mnts. Now add 2 tbsp roasted cumin powder (this is imp. Use roasted cumin powder only), 3 tbsp coriander powder, 1 tbsp turmeric powder, 1 T spoon sugar. Continue cooking until the masala blend with the paste perfectly.
4

Now add the fried chicken, cover the lead and cook it in low flame for 15 mnts. Once the chicken is partially cooked, add 1 cup water, 2 tbsp kasuri methi, 1 tbsp garam masala powder and cook it in low flame until the chicken softens. Adjust the salt here if required. Your Punjabi Chicken is ready!