Creamy Chicken Handi

Name: Creamy Chicken Handi
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken with bones; 1 medium onion paste; 1 onion sliced finely; 3 green chillies; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp kasoori methi; 1.5 tsp Butter Chicken Masala; 8-10 cashewnuts; 4 almonds; 1 tbsp charamgaz or melon seeds; 2 tbsp curd; 3 tbsp cream or malai; 3 tbsp refined oil; 1 tbsp ghee or butter; 2 cardamoms; 1 inch stick cinnamon; 4 cloves; as per taste salt; 2 tbsp coriander chopped

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Creamy Chicken Handi is a creamy and flavourful curry popular all over India.It makes for a perfect week night dinner and also to entertain guests at parties.This curry is traditionally made in a Handi or a clay pot which adds a wonderful earthy flavour to this dish. But if it is not readily available, it can also be made in a pan .Serve this restaurant style exotic dish with roti, naan,paratha or pulao.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

45 minutes

4 servings

500 gmschicken with bones
1medium onion paste
1onion sliced finely
3green chillies
1 tbsplemon juice
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tspkasoori methi
1.5 tspButter Chicken Masala
8-10cashewnuts
4almonds
1 tbspcharamgaz or melon seeds
2 tbspcurd
3 tbspcream or malai
3 tbsprefined oil
1 tbspghee or butter
2cardamoms
1 inchstick cinnamon
4cloves
as per taste salt
2 tbspcoriander chopped

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Marinate chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and lemon juice for 1 hour.Make a paste of onion and green chillies. Soak melon seeds,almonds and cashewnuts in warm water for 10 minutes.Grind it to a fine paste alongwith ginger garlic paste,curd and malai.Heat oil and ghee.Sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and fry the marinated chicken. Add the onion green chilli paste and fry.
2

Finely slice 1 onion in a separate pan and fry till crispy.Set aside.Add other wet paste to the chicken.Add butter chicken masala, kasoori methi, ghee or butter and salt to taste.Fry till oil leaves sides.Add 1 cup water and cook covered till chicken is done.Add crushed fried onion or beresta,few cashewnuts, chopped coriander, few green chillies and cook till semi thick gravy.
3

Garnish with coriander and malai.Serve hot with roti,paratha,naan or pulao.