Dahi Chicken

Name: Dahi Chicken
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 800 gm chicken; 1 cup curd; 2-3 green chillies; 1/2 tablespoon salt; 1 onion sliced; 1 onion chopped; 1 inch ginger; 8-9 pods garlic; 5-6 cashews; 2-3 tablespoon coconut; 1/2 tablespoon cumin seeds; 4-5 tablespoon oil; 1 tablespoon garam masala powder; 2 bay leaf; 1 pinch saffron

Tania Deb @cook_9700174

Chennai

#Chicken Recipes
This recipe of dahi chicken is my innovative recipe. Here the innovation is done adding saffron and coconut paste in it which really makes the chicken to a different level. A heavenly taste with the flavour of saffron that goes well with rice or Indian breads.

Tania Deb @cook_9700174

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Ingredients

45 minutes

2 people

800 gmchicken
1 cupcurd
2-3green chillies
1/2 tablespoonsalt
1onion sliced
1onion chopped
1 inchginger
8-9 podsgarlic
5-6cashews
2-3 tablespooncoconut
1/2 tablespooncumin seeds
4-5 tablespoonoil
1 tablespoongaram masala powder
2bay leaf
1 pinchsaffron

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Marinate 800 grams of chicken(with bone pieces) with 1 cup of curd, salt 1/2 tablespoon, green chillies sliced and 1 onion sliced. Marinate it for 30 minutes.
2

Make a paste of fried (1onion, 1 inch ginger, 8-9 pods of garlic) along with 5-6 cashews, 2 tablespoon of grated coconut.
3

Heat a kadai with 4-5 tablespoon of oil and sauté 1/2 tablespoon of cumin seeds.
4

Add the marinated chicken with 1/3 tablespoon of turmeric powder. Stir well and mix the paste made in grinder
5

Add 2 bay leaf and 1/2 tablespoon of garam masala powder. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes covering with a lid.
6

Add 2 cups of water and boil till cooked in medium flame. Stir in between so that the gravy doesn’t stick or burn from down.
7

Add some water if required to cook. When the the recipe is completely cooked, sprinkle a pinch of saffron to it and off the flame. Cover it with a lid and let it rest for few minutes.
8

Yummy Dahi Chicken is ready to serve with rice or roti.