Name: CHICKEN SHAHJAHANI recipe by Soma Pradhan at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 kilo chicken cut into small pieces and cleaned nicely.; 2 onions + 1 tsp ginger + 1 tsp garlic ground + 2 green chilies ground to fine paste; 2 tomatoes pureed; 2 tbsp curd whisked nicely; 1/2 cup milk + handful of cashew nuts blend to a smooth paste; 1/2 tsp White pepper powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 3 cardamom + 2 bay leaves + 3 cloves + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 mace; Salt to taste; Sugar to taste; green coriander for garnishing; few cashew nuts fried in ghee; few strand of saffron soaked in 1/3rd cup of warm milk; 3 tbsp ghee

ABOUT CHICKEN SHAHJAHANI RECIPE

This is a recipe that i had tasted in the TAJ, agra, so i have tried to replicate it with my own tweaks. This can also be called as chicken shahi korma.

Ingredients Serving: 2

1 kilo chicken cut into small pieces and cleaned nicely.
2 onions + 1 tsp ginger + 1 tsp garlic ground + 2 green chilies ground to fine paste
2 tomatoes pureed
2 tbsp curd whisked nicely
1/2 cup milk + handful of cashew nuts blend to a smooth paste
1/2 tsp White pepper powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
3 cardamom + 2 bay leaves + 3 cloves + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 mace
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
green coriander for garnishing
few cashew nuts fried in ghee
few strand of saffron soaked in 1/3rd cup of warm milk
3 tbsp ghee

Instructions

Since, it is the royal korma, we will be using ghee to prepare the dish.
Take a non stick pan and heat ghee. Add the whole spices and the ground onion paste.
Cook the paste very nicely in ghee till it turns light burn in color. Onions need to be cooked thoroughly else you will get a different taste completely.
Next add the pureed tomatoes, turmeric powder, white pepper powder, red chili powder and cover the kadai. Cooking tomatoes is the most difficult and intricate part of any recipe. It should be cooked to perfection. If you over cook, your tom
Once you know that the tomatoes are half cooked, add chicken pieces, salt and sugar to taste.
Cover and cook again. Chicken will release a lot of water. Let chicken cook in its own juices.
Mix curd with milk and cashew paste. Add this to the chicken.
Finally add saffron milk. Check the amount of gravy. If its very less, add little water and cook for some more time. If you think , the consistency is good , you can switch off the flame.
Take it out in a serving bowl. Garnishing is very important.
Sprinkle coriander leaves and fried cashews.
Enjoy the Shahi Khana right at your dining table.

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