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Chicken Bharta

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Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Chicken Bharta

A lip smacking Mughlai cuisine and somewhat different from the normal chicken recipes.This is a delicious dhaba style preparation with a creamy texture which is mostly due to chopped eggs,cream,yogurt and cashewnuts.This recipe goes very well with any type of paratha or roti.

Ingredient

400 gms

boneless chicken breast

onions chopped

1 tbsp

ginger paste

1/4

th tsp garlic paste

1 tbsp

cashewnuts paste

1 tbsp

fresh cream

1 tsp

charamgaz/ melon seeds

2 drops

mitha attar

4-5 half

crushed black peppercorn

4-5

broken cashewnuts

1/2 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder

1/2 tsp

kitchen king masala

3-4

cardamom

4-5

cloves

small stick cinnamon

1/4

th tsp ajwain

1 tbsp

crushed kasoori methi

1 pinch

hing

boiled eggs

To taste

salt and pinch of sugar

2 tbsp

tomato puree

1 tbsp

curd

1/4

th tsp garam masala

1 tbsp

chopped coriander leaves

3-4

slit green chillies

2 tbsp

refined oil

1 tbsp

ghee or butter

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Boil chicken cubes with little salt and 1 cup water.Set aside to cool.Reserve stock.Shred chicken into strips with hand or fork.Boil 2 eggs and chop into pieces.Set aside.

* Step 2

Heat oil and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala.When they splutter add a pinch of hing and ajwain. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.Add ginger garlic paste,cashew paste, kitchen king masala,kashmiri red chilli powder,salt and sugar to taste.Add tomato puree and curd and fry.Add shredded chicken pieces and fresh cream and toss.