Here in Reshmi chicken masala, chicken is cooked with non-spicy rich thick masala made of almonds, cashew nuts, yogurt and with herbs and spices. The tender juicy chicken just melts in your mouth.
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Reshmi Chicken Masala Recipe
Reshmi Chicken Masala
Course: MainCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Medium8
servings30
minutes20
minutesHere in Reshmi chicken masala, chicken is cooked with non-spicy rich thick masala made of almonds, cashew nuts, yogurt and with herbs and spices. The tender juicy chicken just melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
- For marination:-
1kg chicken pieces
Half cup of Hung curd
1 tsp Pepper powder
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1 Tsp Kasuri methi
1 tbsp cornflour
4 chopped green chillies
2 tsp salt
2 tsp fresh cream
3 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp of lemon juice
Mix all these ingredients nicely and keep aside for two hours
- For grinding masala:-
2 medium onions
20 Cashews
5-6 Almonds ( skin peeled. Optional)
1 inch Ginger
5 Garlic cloves
5 Green chillies
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Jeera powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
Directions
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil. Add chopped onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and cashews all together. Saute it till onion turn transparent. Let it cool.
- Grind it with coriander, jeera and turmeric powder.
- Heat a non-stick pan. Add 2 tbsp of ghee and add a small stick of cinnamon, 5 cloves, 4 green cardamom, and two bay leaves. Fry a while and add ground masala..fry it for 2 minutes.
- Now add marinated chicken..mix it with masala..do not add extra water…cook it on a medium flame. Close the lid but make sure that it shouldn’t burn. It will take 12 to 15 minutes to cook.
- You can add salt if needed. Now add 2 tsp garam masala powder, 1tsp Kasuri methi, chopped coriander leaves 2 tsp fresh cream and 3 tsp lemon juice. Mix it for one minute. OFF the flame.
- The Reshmi chicken masala ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- Neer dosa (panpole) is the best combination with this delicacy.
Notes
- If we use burning charcoal ghee tadka to the marinated chicken…it enhances the aroma of chicken.
