Masala Chicken

Masala Chicken

Ingredients:

1. 500 gm chicken (cut into large pieces)
2. 2 tbsp curd
3. 1 tbsp turmeric powder
4. 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
5. 1 tbsp red chilli powder
6. 1 tbsp black pepper powder
7. 1 tbsp cashew nut paste
8. 2 tbsp ginger paste
9. 2 tbsp garlic paste
10. 1/2 cup milk
11. 2 large chopped onion
12. 1chopped tomato
13. 1-2 cinnamon stick crushed
14. 3-4 green cardamom crushed
15. 2-3 clove crushed
16. 4 tbsp oil
17. 1 tbsp coriander leaves
18. Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Wash the chicken pieces properly by lukewarm water.
• Add salt, red chilli powder,turmeric powder,black pepper powder and curd.
• Mix all well and leave it for marination half an hour.
• Take another bowl and make a paste with milk and cashew nut paste and keep aside.
• Take a covered  bottomed vessel and heat oil.
• Add onions and fry until light brown.
• Next add tomatoes and cook it for 2-3 minutes.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and stir well.
• After that add marinated chicken and kashmiri chilli powder.
• Spread crushed cinnamon, clove and cardamom.
• Mix well and cook it for 5 minutes in low heat.
• Add milk-cashew paste. 
• Stir and covered the vessel.
• When chicken pieces are soft and oils floating remove it from heat.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

           Serve hot with paratha, roti and hot rice.

Tips-----

          If necessary use 1-2 cups warm water to boil chicken.