megha
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 |  Subject: CHICKEN IN TOMATO GRAVY  Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:30 pm | |
| Ingredients:
4-5 chicken thighs
1 tsp chopped ginger
5 cloves chopped garlic
2 chopped onions
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1tsp of cumin seed powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
5 tbs oil
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp lemon juice
4-5 chopped green chillies
1 tsp garam masala
750 gm chopped tomatoes
3 small onions (chopped)
2 tbs desi ghee
2 bay leaves
6-8 green cardamom
1 black cardamom
2 cinnamon sticks
2 tsp garlic paste
1 cup melon seeds
2 tsp kasoori methi
2 tbs butter
1/2 cup cream
1 cup chopped coriander leaves
Salt
Water
Method:
Cut chicken thighs into even size pieces. Marinate in a mixture of garlic paste, chilli powder, pepper powder, salt, oil and lemon juice.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the melon seeds. When they turn brown, strain the oil and blend to a fine paste.
Heat a pan, add desi ghee, bay leaves, green cardamom, black cardamom, cinnamon, garlic and ginger.
As they start turning brown, add tomatoes, onions, green chillies, salt, red chilli powder, cumin seed powder and saute. Now add water and cook for sometime. Cool and strain the tomato gravy.
Add the gravy and melon seed paste in a pan and allow it to simmer. Add kasoori methi powder, salt and cook for sometime.
Take butter in a pan, add chicken pieces, tomato gravy and cream and cook for sometime. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot. | |
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