Hyderabadi Smoked Chicken

Name: Hyderabadi Smoked Chicken
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken; 2 onions boiled paste; 10-12 cashew nuts; 1/2 cup curd; 1 tbsp malai or fresh cream; 2-3 green chillies paste; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp tandoori masala; 2 cardamoms; 4 cloves; 1 small stick cinnamon; 2 bay leaves; 1/4 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1/2 cup milk; 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp refined oil; 1 tbsp kasoori methi; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1 charcoal for smoking

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Hyderabadi Smoked Chicken gets its name from the unique smokey flavour infused in the curry by the smoke of charcoal.Chicken is first marinated with yogurt and spices so that it becomes tender.It is then simmered in a rich onion,cream and cashewnut gravy.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

1 hour

3 servings

500 gmschicken
2onions boiled paste
10-12cashew nuts
1/2 cupcurd
1 tbspmalai or fresh cream
2-3green chillies paste
1 tsplemon juice
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tsptandoori masala
Whole Spices
2cardamoms
4cloves
1small stick cinnamon
2bay leaves
1/4 tspgaram masala powder
1 tbspginger garlic paste
1/2 cupmilk
1 1/2 tbspghee
2 tbsprefined oil
1 tbspkasoori methi
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1charcoal for smoking

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Steps

1 hour

1

Marinate chicken for an hour with 2 tbsp curd,little salt and ginger garlic paste.Heat oil and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and bay leaves.When they splutter, add the boiled onion paste and fry for 3-4 minutes till oil leaves sides.Add coriander and tandoori masala powder and salt to taste.Toss well.
2

Add marinated chicken and fry.Make a paste of cashewnuts,rest of curd and add it alongwith other masalas,crushed kasoori methi and toss till oil leaves sides.Add ghee,cream and milk and if needed little water and cook on low flame till chicken is cooked properly.
3

When oil starts floating on top, the chicken is done.Sprinkle garam masala and chopped coriander and toss.Keep the chicken covered.Heat a piece of charcoal in open flame till red hot.Place it in a small bowl and set it in the chicken.Add a teaspoon of ghee in it.It will start to smoke.Cover lid and arrest the smokey flavour in chicken.
4

Serve hot delicious Hyderabadi Smoked Chicken with tandoori roti, butter naan, pulao or jeera rice.