Chicken Rezala

Name: Chicken Rezala
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gm chicken (curry cut); 250 gm yoghurt; 1 large size onion; 4-5 garlic cloves; 1 inch ginger; 12-15 cashew nuts; 2 tbsp poppy seeds; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 2 bay leaf; 2-3 cloves; 2-3 cardamom; 1 cinnamon sticks; 2 dry red chillies; 5-6 black pepper corns; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 1 tbsp garam masala powder; to taste Salt; 2 tbsp refined oil; 1 tsp sugar; 2-3 drop kewra essence; 1 pinch saffron soaked in a 1 tbsp milk; 2 tbsp ghee

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

Bangalore, India

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Chicken Rezala is a very famous Mughlai cuisine. It's one of the richest forms of cooking with exotic royal spices and rich ingredients. Enjoy this Royal and rich Mughlai chicken preparation

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 people

500 gmchicken (curry cut)
250 gmyoghurt
1large size onion
4-5garlic cloves
1 inch ginger
12-15cashew nuts
2 tbsppoppy seeds
1 tspsesame seeds
2bay leaf
2-3cloves
2-3cardamom
1cinnamon sticks
2dry red chillies
5-6black pepper corns
1 tspblack pepper powder
1 tbspgaram masala powder
to tasteSalt
2 tbsp refined oil
1 tspsugar
2-3 dropkewra essence
1 pinchsaffron soaked in a 1 tbsp milk
2 tbspghee

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Grind the onion and ginger garlic and make a smooth paste. Transfer it into a bowl. Then in blender add cashew nuts, poppy seeds, sesame seeds and grind it and make a smooth paste with add 1/4 cup water.and keep it aside.
2

In a mixing bowl add chicken, half of the onion ginger garlic paste, half of the cashew nuts paste, yoghurt, salt and pepper powder. Marinate the chicken and refrigerate it for at least 1 hrs
3

Now heat a non-stick wok with ghee and oil. Add cloves cinnamon sticks cardamom bay leaf, dry red chillies, black pepper corns and roast the spices well for about a minute. Then add the remaining onion ginger garlic paste. Saute for a couple of minutes.once done add remaining cashew nuts paste and stir well.
4

Add marinated chicken along with salt and sugar. Stir slightly and cover it with lid. Cook the chicken on medium flame for 25-30 minutes or until it is tender and cook well. Once done turn off the flame.
5

Add saffron soaked milk and kewra essence and mix well and cover it.
6

Serve it hot with kulcha or naan.