PUNJABI CHICKEN MASALA

 

Prep Time :15 mins
Cooking Time :30 mins
Serve :4

INGREDIENTS
Chicken pieces - 500 gms
Chopped onion - 3
Chopped tomato - 1
Ginger paste -  1 tbsp
Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Kashmiri mirch powder - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curd - 2 tbsp
Green chilly - 3
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Whole black pepper - 4 - 5
Cloves - 4 - 5
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 2
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Mace - 1 piece
Bay leaf
Salt - to taste
Mustard oil - 1/2 cup

METHOD
Marinate chicken with curd,1/2 tbsp ginger,1/2 tbsp garlic,kashmiri mirch powder,red chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder and salt.
Keep aside for 4 - 5 hours

Heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala to crackle now add chopped onion and saute until transparent
Add remaining ginger garlic paste and tomato paste and mix well,cook well till raw flavors go.
Now add marinated chicken and cook on high for  5 mins.
Cover it and cook in a slow flame until oil leaves the pan.
Add one cup of water and salt and cook for five mins.
Add kashuri methi and mix it well
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with naan