
Supplies
- For the marinade:
- 250 gms chicken legs
- 1 cup curd
- 1 cup turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- for the base curry:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 or 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2-3 cardamom pieces
- 1 clove
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp chopped green chillies
- masala mixture:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1-2 cinnamon sticks
- 1-2 cardamom pieces
- 1-2 cloves
- 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- for the creamy part of the curry:
- 1 tbsp oil,
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 1 cup of chopped fenugreek
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup diced capsicum
- 1/2 cup cashew nut paste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- salt to taste
- 1 cup cream
- 1 tsp jeera powder
- 1/2 tsp kasturi methi
- 1 tsp julienned ginger
- 1 tsp garam masala
Steps
- Mix the curd, turmeric, black pepper, salt, ginger garlic paste together and marinade the chicken for one hour.
- Pour 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add the cinnamon sticks, cardamom, cloves, cumin, ginger and garlic. Saute.
- Stir in onions and tomatoes.
- Add 1 tsp of turmeric powder, 1 tsp of red chilli powder, 1 tsp of Coriander powder. Mix well. If dry, add water and mix well.
- Add the marinated chicken, and chopped green chillies, then water as required.
- Add 1 tbsp oil in a pan, then the oil, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, chilli powder and turmeric powder. Saute and set aside.
- In another pan, add 1 tbsp of oil, then 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp chopped garlic, 1 tsp chopped ginger. Saute.
- Add 1 cup of chopped fenugreek, 1 cup diced onion, 1/2 cup diced capsicum and lightly sauté it all.
- Add the cashew nut paste, and some water (as required). Mix well.
- Add the red chilli, turmeric, salt and garam masala. Mix well, then add in the masala mixture.
- Pour the 1 cup of cream into this with the jeera powder, Kasturi methi, julienned ginger and garam masala, and mix all of this well.
- Add water as required, and mix. Add the chicken to this mixture, and mix.