Name: DAHI MURGH LABABDAR recipe by Shobha Keshwani at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Chicken .... 500 gms; Onions ..... 2; Cashew paste ... 1 tbsp; Yogurt ................... 1 cup; Green chillies ... 2-3; Kasuri methi ... 1 tbsp; Ginger paste ... 1 tbsp; Garlic paste .... 1 tbsp; Turmeric powder ... 1/4 tsp; Coriander powder ... 1 tsp; Cumin powder .... 1 tsp; Garam masala powder .. 1/2 tsp; Cinnamon ... 1"piece; Black cardamom ... 1; Bay leaves ... 2; Cloves ........... 3-4; Salt .............. to taste; Lemon juice .. 1 tbsp; Oil / Desi ghee ... 1/4 cup

Ingredients Serving: 3

Chicken .... 500 gms
Onions ..... 2
Cashew paste ... 1 tbsp
Yogurt ................... 1 cup
Green chillies ... 2-3
Kasuri methi ... 1 tbsp
Ginger paste ... 1 tbsp
Garlic paste .... 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder ... 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder ... 1 tsp
Cumin powder .... 1 tsp
Garam masala powder .. 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon ... 1"piece
Black cardamom ... 1
Bay leaves ... 2
Cloves ........... 3-4
Salt .............. to taste
Lemon juice .. 1 tbsp
Oil / Desi ghee ... 1/4 cup

Instructions

Clean the chicken and marinate with salt ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and half quantity of the spice powders mentioned in the list saving the rest for later use.
Boil the onion and grind it to make a paste.
Soak handful of cashews and grind them to make a paste.
In a pan heat half of the ghee or oil and add the mentioned whole spices.
When they give out an aroma tip in the marinated chicken pieces. Saute.
Simmer to cook covering the lid.
Meanwhile in a separate pan heat the remaining oil or ghee and fry the onion paste. Add slit green chillies.
Continue cooking until the colour changes. Add the remaining spice powders, salt, kasuri methi and cashew paste. Stir to mix.
Add this onion paste to the chicken pieces. Stir carefully. Simmer until the chicken is done.
Finally whisk the yogurt and stir it into the chicken. Stir carefully so that the yogurt blends uniformly into the chicken gravy.
Serve with rotis or naans.

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