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Kandhari Chicken Gravy

Name: How to cook Kandhari Chicken Gravy - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Kandhari Chicken Gravy

#GA4 #week4 #gravy Kandhari Chicken is a red chilli spiced dish from Afghani cuisine and the gravy consists of onion paste alongwith melon or sesame seeds,coconut and fresh cream and most important of all coriander powder which gives an unique flavour to this authentic recipe.The name Kandahari Chicken originated from Kandahar,a city in Afghanistan and the recipe dates back from 300 years old manuscript.With the passage of time it has undergone few changes.This chicken pairs well with naan or tandoori roti.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 servings

Cooking time :

30 minutes

300 gms

chicken with bones

4 tbsp

curd

onions paste

1.5 tbsp

ginger garlic paste

4-5

dry red chillies

green chillies chopped finely

3 tsp

coriander powder

1 tsp

black pepper powder

2 tbsp

fresh scraped or dessicated coconut

2 tbsp

malai or fresh cream

1 tbsp

sesame or melon seeds

To taste

salt

4-5

cloves

cardamoms

small stick cinnamon

5-6

whole peppercorns

2 tbsp

oil

1 tbsp

ghee

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Marinate chicken for 1 hour with little salt,2 tbsp curd, half of ginger garlic paste and black pepper powder.Meanwhile scrape coconut.Make a paste of 2 onions with 2 dry red chillies,rest of curd and sesame seeds.

* Step 2

Heat oil and ghee in a wok or pan.Sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and few peppercorns.When they crackle,add few broken dry red chillies and fry.Add the onion,red chilli,sesame seed paste,malai or fresh cream and little salt and fry till oil leaves sides and raw smell of onion is gone.

* Step 3

Add the marinated chicken and fry for few minutes.Add coriander powder,scraped coconut and rest of leftover marinade.Toss well and add 2 bay leaves and 1 cup water.Cook covered on low flame for 20 minutes till chicken is tender and the gravy thickens.Sprinkle chopped green chillies and toss.