Cream Chicken recipe
'Cream Chicken'- Succulent chicken pieces simmered slowly in a mix of flavourful spices, and rich cream.
Ingredients
- 1 kgs chicken with bone or boneless
- 2 tbsp ghee use butter or any oil of your preference
- 2 medium onions sliced thinly
- 3-4 green chillies slices
- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 cup yoghurt
- 1 cup fresh cream
- salt as per taste
- 2 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp white pepper powder or black pepper powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/2 cup water
- kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- fresh coriander leaves
Instructions
- Heat ghee in a pan.
- Sauté sliced onions and sliced green chillies in ghee. Do not brown these, just sauté it for 2-3 minutes, till it is transparent.
- Add ginger garlic paste, and sauté for another 3-4 minutes, till the raw aroma goes away.
- Add chicken pieces , and mix well.
- Add yoghurt, and a little salt.Cover and let it cook, on slow heat for 10-12 minutes, till the chicken is half cooked.
- Open the pan, and add the dry spices- cumin powder, coriander powder, pepper powder (white or black),garam masala powder. Add a little water. Cover and cook again for another 10-15 minutes
- Once done, add a cup of fresh cream, cardamom powder, mix well, and cook on slow heat for another 10 minutes, till the chicken is done.Check for seasoning, and add it accordingly if required.
- Add kasoori methi.Mix. Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves, and serve hot with naan, roti, rice, and salad
