Chicken Curry

                           Chicken Curry

                      

Ingredients

• Chicken leg pieces and wing pieces
• Curd for marination 2 lemons for marination
• Spices : Coriander powder, Red Kashmir i chilly powder + normal chilly powder,Turmeric powder'
• Bay leaves (Tej patta),cinnamon,big and small cardamom, Pippali, Shahi Jeera, Mustard seed, black pepper,cloves,star anise,
• Till, Khas khas, ground nut, dry Coconut
• Mustard oil for marination. Normal cooking oil
• Salt
• Green chillies,Green coriander, tomatoes,onion,garlic,ginger
• Dry fruits almond,cashew,musk melon seeds.

Preparation

Wash the Chicken in running water

• Make a transverse cuts in leg pieces.
• Add salt and lemon.Keep aside for 10 minutes.

Marination

• Mix curd, Tandoori Chicken Masala, salt, turmeric, coriander powder,1 lemon.
• Keep the marination in refrigerator for two hours.

Fry Chicken

• Fry chicken (Optional). Or can directly cook.

Onion Paste

• Paste no 1
• Finely Chop onions
• Add oil in the pan.
• Fry them to golden pink 
• Mix them into fine paste and keep it aside.

Ginger & Garlic Paste

• Paste no 2
• DE-seed Garlic and cut them into small pieces.
• Peel Ginger, and finely cut them. Mix then and keep them aside.

Tomato Puree

• Paste no 3
• Wash and Boil 2 tomatoes along with 4 green chillies.
• Make a past and keep them aside

Dry Masala

• Paste no 4
• Roast all dry  ingredients on pan
• Bay leaves (Tej - patta),cinnamon,big and small cardamom, Pippali, Cumin seeds (shah Jeera), Mustard seed, black pepper,cloves,star anise,
• Mix it dry, to be added at last.

Cooking

• Heat the oil in pan
• Add Mustard seeds and Cumin seed.Let it sprinkle
• Add bay leaves.
• Add paste no 1. After it is fried
• Add paste no 2
• Followed by paste no 3.
• Add marinated / fried chicken to it.
• Add salt, Kashmir i red chilly powder+normal chilly powder,turmeric, coriander powder.
• Paste no 4
• Boil water for gravy
• Add 
• DE-seed green chilly small pieces. to be added in Masala in its final stage along with black pepper and small cardamom.
• Add green Chopped coriander.

Tips

• DE-seed green chilly and cut into small pieces. to be added in Masala in its final stage.
• Mesh small Cardamom to be added in Masala in final stages.
• Chicken curry can be eaten with chapati or rice.
• Along with green chutney.