Name: Chicken Chengezi recipe by Aparajita Dutta at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: FOR CASHEW ONION PASTE:; 2 medium onion sliced; 3 tbsp cashew soaked; 3 tbsp ghee; FOR MARINADE:; 1 kg chicken with bone; 1/2 tsp turmeric pwd; 2 tsp lime juice; 2 tsp kasmiri red chili powder; 1 tsp garam masala pwd; 2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 3 tbsp tomato puree; 3/4 cup curd; 1 tsp salt; FOR GRAVY:; 2 tbsp+1 tbsp ghee/oil; 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 cup tomato puree; 1 tsp coriander pwd; 1/4 tsp chaat masala; 1/4 cup cream; 1 tsp kasmiri red chili powder; Salt to taste; Garam masala 1 tsp

ABOUT Chicken Chengezi RECIPE

Old Delhi was the place of kings and nawbabs. Many royal dishes originated from old Delhi. One such dish is Chicken Chengezi. It is named after the great warrior Chenghez Khan.

Ingredients Serving: 4

FOR CASHEW ONION PASTE:
2 medium onion sliced
3 tbsp cashew soaked
3 tbsp ghee
FOR MARINADE:
1 kg chicken with bone
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp kasmiri red chili powder
1 tsp garam masala pwd
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
3 tbsp tomato puree
3/4 cup curd
1 tsp salt
FOR GRAVY:
2 tbsp+1 tbsp ghee/oil
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 cup tomato puree
1 tsp coriander pwd
1/4 tsp chaat masala
1/4 cup cream
1 tsp kasmiri red chili powder
Salt to taste
Garam masala 1 tsp

Instructions

Wash and pat dry chicken.
Marinade the chicken with above mentioned ingredients for 30 min.
Heat 3 tbsp ghee in a pan.
Fry the sliced onions till golden brown.
Make a paste of fried onion and soaked cashew and keep aside.
FOR GRAVY:
Add ghee / oil in a pan.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute.
Add the tomato puree and cook until raw smell goes.
Add coriander pwd, chaat masala pwd, kashmiri red chili powder, garam masala pwd and cook.
Add salt.
Add cashew onion paste.
Add 1 cup water and let it boil.
Gravy is ready.
In another pan add 4 tbsp oil.
Shallow fry the chicken until 80% cooked.
Now add this chicken in gravy and cook for 15 minutes.
Add ghee, cream, kasuri methi.
Serve hot with roti, paratha, rice etc.

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