Rambha Leaves Chicken Curry

Ingredients for Rambha Leaves Chicken Curry:

1. Boneless chicken – ½ kg, cut into square pieces

2. Pepper powder – 2 big spoons

    Chilli powder – 1 big spoon

    Ginger crushed – ½ small spoon

    Garlic crushed – ½ small spoon

    Salt – For taste

    Kashmiri chilli paste – 1.5 small spoon

    Corn flour – 1 small spoon

    Lemon juice – 1 small spoon

    Garam masala powder – As required

3. Rambha leaves – As needed

4. Coconut oil – As required

5. Cinnamon – 1

    Cardamom – 1

6. Onions – 2, finely chopped

    Ginger chopped – 2 small spoons

7. Ginger-garlic paste – 1.5 small spoons

8. Turmeric powder – 1/4 small spoon

    Coriander powder – 1.5 small spoons

    Chilli powder – 1/2 small spoon

    Kashmiri chilli paste – 1 small spoon

    Garam masala powder – ¼ small spoon

    Salt – As required

9. Tomato – 1, chopped fine

10. Black chickpeas cooked – 100 gm

11. Cashews – 10, soaked in ¼ cup milk and grinded

12. Water – 1.5 cups

13. Eggs boiled – 2, split into two halves

14. Fresh cream – 2 big spoons

     Curry leaves – 2 stalks

     Coriander leaves and cashews fried – To decorate

How to prepare Rambha Leaves Chicken Curry?

1. Marinate chicken using ingredients no: 2.

2. Wrap each chicken piece in a rambha leaf and deep fry in hot oil.

3. Fry each side 3-4 minutes till it turns brown.

4. Heat oil and fry cinnamon and cardamom.

5. Add onions and ginger and sauté the contents.

6. Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté for 1 minute.

7. Add ingredients no: 8 and mix well.

8. Add tomatoes and sauté for 8 minutes.

9. When oil clears, add chickpeas and sauté for one more minute.

10. Add cashew paste and sauté for 3 minutes.

11. Add water and allow to boil.

12. Simmer the flame and boil for 7-8 minutes.

13. Add fried chicken (wrapped in leaves), boiled eggs and allow the contents to thicken.

14. Put off the flame and transfer the contents to a serving plate.

15. Decorate with ingredients no: 14 and serve.

Vanitha Magazine December 1-14, 2017

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