Peshwari Chicken

Ingredients for Peshwari Chicken:

1. Chicken – 1 kg

2. Chilli powder – 1 big spoon

    Coriander powder – 1small spoon full

    Pepper powder – 1 small spoon

    Cumin – ½ small spoon

    Fennel seeds – ¼ small spoon

    Fenugreek – ¼ small spoon

    Cardamom – 3

    Cloves – 3

    Cinnamon – 2-inch piece

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

3. Onions – 2, medium, chopped

    Ginger – 2.5 inch piece

    Green chillies – 6

4. Curd – ¾ cup

    Salt – For taste

    Lemon juice – 2 small spoons

    Ghee – ¼ cup

How to prepare Peshwari Chicken?

1. Clean chicken and cut into big pieces.

2. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 2 adding water.

3. Blend ingredients no: 3 using a mixer. Never make a paste.

4. Mix masala paste and onion mixture together and add ingredients no: 3.

5. Mix well and marinate chicken pieces using this gravy.

6. Allow it to rest for 2 hours and then cook in medium flame.

7. Cook till gravy thickens and approximate ¼-1/2 cup gravy will be left.

8. Decorate with fried onions.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine August 1-14, 2010

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