Chicken Changezi

Chicken is marinated -> roasted/cooked without oil and then incorporated in cooked curry

Chicken Marination: (minimum 30 mins. For better flavor infusion, marinate overnight)

For the curry:

Prepare tomato puree - 2 medium tomatoes
Prepare paste out of sauteed onion and cashew. (1 large onion, 5-7 whole cashews)
In a pan with 2-3 tsp of oil, onion is to be sauteed till slight golden brown color along with cashews and ground to smooth paste once it is down to room temperature.
Have boiled milk ready(down to room temperature) - 1/4 - 1/2 cup

Preparation:

Roast the marinated chicken in the pan (in which you would have sauteed onions+cashews) for 15 mins and transfer it to a plate.
On a hot pan, add oil/ghee -> add ginger garlic paste once the oil is hot
Add tomato puree and cook till the oil separates
Add boiled milk and cook for 2-3 mins
Add spice powders - kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, chat masala and amchur powder
chilli powder : corainder powder proportion - 1:2
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
chat masala - 1/8 - 1/4 tsp
amchur powder - 1/8 - 1/4 tsp
Cook the curry for another 2 - 3 mins
Add the onion+cashew paste -> cover and cook till the oil separates
Once the curry is cooked, add the roasted chicken, kasoori methi and slit green chilli
Adjust salt and water at this stage per the consistency desired
Cover and cook for 5-7 more mins
Finish it off with fresh coriander leaves and kasoori methi.

This curry goes well with bread variety - Wheat paratha/Roti/Naan. Can be tried with subtle pulao variety like Ghee pulao/Jeera pulao as well.

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