Mughlai Chicken curry

Mughlai Chicken curry

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 750 gm , cleaned . skin out & chopped
• Onion - 2 no , chopped
• Bay leaf - 2 no
• Butter / Ghee / Oil - 2 tbsp
• Yogurt - 4 tbsp
• Coconut - 1/2 cup grated OR Cahew nuts - 10 nos (soaked in water )
• Salt - to taste

To Grind:

• Garlic - 10 pods
• Ginger - 2 tbsp , chopped
• Green chilli - 4 nos
• Whole red chilli - 3 nos
• Corriander leaves - few
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Cardamom - 2 nos
• Cinnamon - 1' stick
• Cloves - 4 no
• Aniseed - 1 no

Method:

Heat a pan , dry roast all the ingredients under to grind section.

Add the ground coconut , the roasted ingredients , little water and run in to a paste in a mixer .

Add the ground paste , yogurt to the chicken . Set aside for an hour .

In a heavy bottomed pan / pressure cooker , heat oil add the bay leaf , chopped onions , salt and fry it till brown in color .

Add the marinated chicken and cook till the raw masala smell goes away .

Add water , check for salt and pressure cook for 2 hisses or cook in open pan till the chicken becomes tender .

Serve hot with Naan , parota , steamed rice , rotis . Garnish with cilantro leaves .