Chicken Roganjosh

Ingredients

1 kg chicken bone-in cut into medium pieces

2 tsp salt

2 tsp black pepper powder

2-3 tbsp mustard oil

1 tbsp chilli powder (Kashmiri preferrably)

1 tbsp roasted fennel powder

1.5 tbsp dry ginger powder

1/2 tsp hing mixed in around 60 ml water

150 ml whisked curd

Salt as per taste

Dry whole masala - 1 inch cinnamon, 4 green cardamoms, 3 black cardamoms, 2 red chilli, 1 small javitri flower, 1/2 star anise, 2 bay leaves, 5 cloves

Process

- Mix the black pepper powder and 2 tsp salt in chicken and rest for 30 minutes.

- In a curry vessel, add the mustard oil and heat it.

- When hot, add the dry whole masala and saute for 30 seconds.

- Add the chicken pieces and fry on high heat for 5 mins.

- Add the hing water and fry on high heat for 5 mins.

- Reduce the flame to medium.

- Add the red chilli powder and fry for 10 mins.

- Add the fennel powder and ginger powder and fry for 10-15 mins.

- Lower the flame to low.

- Add the whisked curd, mix well. Fry for 5-10 mins. Let this cook for 10-15 minutes.

- Add water as per your consistency requirement, cover and cook until chicken is well done.

Dish out hot and enjoy with white rice!

Comments

Odia style Chaat

For 8-10 people Ingredients • 200 grams Dry matar soaked in water for 4 hours and then cooked in a pressure cooker. Don't overcook the matar, cook until 75% done • 4 medium sized potatoes boiled and mashed with hand • 1 large onion finely chopped • 2 tomatoes finely chopped • 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste • 4 red chillies ground to a fine paste along with 3 garlic cloves • Garam Masala paste - 2 tsp fennel seeds, 3 inch cinnamon, 2 black cardamoms, 4 green cardamoms, 1 bay leaf, 4 cloves - soak in water for 30 mins and grind to a fine paste • 1 tsp turmeric • 1 tbsp roasted coriander powder • 2 tsp roasted cumin powder • 3 tbsp mustard oil For Garnish • 2 onions finely sliced • Sev • Boondi • Masala peanuts/kabuli chana • Mitha chutney (6 dates, 1 tbsp tamarind ground to a paste and added in 2 tbsp jaggery and 1 cup water. Simmer for 10 mins and cool) • Tamarind water • Whisked curd • Chat masala (Home made: Mix well 1 tbsp black pepper powder, 1 tbsp black salt, 1/2 tbsp white salt, ...

Chicken in Coconut Milk

1) 1 kg curry sized chicken on the bones - marinate with 1 tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp red chilli powder, a pinch of hing, 2 tbsp vinegar, 1 tsp black pepper powder and salt as per taste. Marinate for 30 minutes. 2 ) Add mustard oil in a kadhai, when hot add the marinated chicken and fry well for 7-10 minutes until the chicken is 90% cooked and raw smell of chicken in gone. Take out the fried chicken and keep aside. 3 ) In the same kadhai, add very finely chopped onions (2 medium) and fry well for 5 minutes on medium heat. 4 ) Add very finely chopped tomatoes (1 large), mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes. 5 ) Add 1 tsp each of turmeric and red chilli powder and mix well. 6 ) Add 1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste and fry (kassifying) for 7-10 minutes. 7 ) Add 2 tbsp of a fine mustard paste (should not have the black particles). Lower the heat, mix well and let it get further kassified, for another 5-10 minutes. 8 ) Add the thick milk of 1 fu...

Recipes from Amitav's kitchen

Search This Blog