Chicken-do-pyaaza

Name: Chicken-do-pyaaza
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken; 2 tbsp tomato puree; 2 tbsp curd; 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric; To taste salt; 2 onions chopped finely into rounds; 1 tsp sesame seed; 2 dry red chillies; 1 onion paste; 2 onions chopped; 1 tsp peppercorns; 3-4 cardamoms; 1 small stick cinnamon; 6-8 cashewnuts; 1 tbsp fresh cream; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped; 3 tbsp refined oil; 1 tbsp ghee

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This dish originated from Murshidabad in Bengal. Do pyaaza literally means adding a whole lot of onions to chicken at different stages of cooking.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#curry
This dish originated from Murshidabad in Bengal. Do pyaaza literally means adding a whole lot of onions to chicken at different stages of cooking.

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Ingredients

500 gmschicken
2 tbsptomato puree
2 tbspcurd
1 tspkashmiri red chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric
To tastesalt
2onions chopped finely into rounds
1 tspsesame seed
2dry red chillies
1onion paste
2onions chopped
1 tsppeppercorns
3-4cardamoms
1small stick cinnamon
6-8cashewnuts
1 tbspfresh cream
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tbspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1bay leaf
1 tspgaram masala
1 tbspcoriander leaves chopped
3 tbsprefined oil
1 tbspghee

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Steps

1

Marinate chicken with little salt,tomato puree and curd.Also add chilli and turmeric powder. Chop 2 onions into fine rounds,sauté and set aside.Fry 2 dry red chillies and reserve with sautéed onion rings.
2

Grind to a fine paste 1 onion,sesame,cashewnuts and 1 tbsp fresh cream.Heat 1 tbsp ghee and little more oil and sprinkle half crushed black peppercorns and garam masala.Fry 2 chopped onions and add the ground paste,coriander powder,ginger garlic paste and little salt.
3

Fry for few minutes and add the marinated chicken and toss till oil leaves sides.Add 1 cup water,little salt,bay leaf and cook on low flame till chicken is done.Add some more water if needed.Sprinkle garam masala and sautéed onions.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and dry red chillies.
4

Serve with naan,phulka or jeera rice.