Butter chicken
Chicken half kg small pieces
Tomato paste one cup
Green chillies chopped 5
Fresh cream / butter/malai half cup can be added more.
Dhanya powder 1 tablespoon
Red chilli powder 1 tablespoon
Cloves 6-8
Cinnamon 1 inch
Zeera fried and ground one tablespoon
Onion 1 chopped.
Ginger garlic paste2 tablespoon
Dahi one cup
Method
Fry chicken till white,add onions and red chilli powder,ginger garlic paste,cloves,cinnamon and fry.
Add dahi,hara dhanya,green chilli, cover n let it cook till gravy settles.
Add tomato paste n cook till it leaves oil.
Add fresh cream/ butter/ malai and mix.add lemon juice and zeera..
Balochi chicken
Chicken one kg
A mix of spices
Cloves 8
Cinnamon 1 inch
Green cardamom 6-8
Black pepper 1 tablespoon
Zeera 2 tspoon
Grind all spices in powdered form and mix in quarter cup of water.
Chutney
1 gatthi podina
1 gatthi hara dhanya
6-8 green chilies big
Grind all n mix in one and half cup of dahi
Method
Fry chicken till white.
Add 2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste n fry with spices mixed water.for 3-5 minutes.
Add chutney cover n let it cook on medium heat till required gravy settles.add lemon juice n serve.
Optional.fried onion 2 can be added but I don't like the taste so I skip.
Stew with whole Spices
Undercut pieces half kg
Onions (finely cut) 3
Dried round red chillies 8
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
Ginger (chopped)2 tbsp
Garlic 8 cloves
Tomatoes(finely cut)3
Turmeric powder 1tsp
Cardamoms 3
Black peppercorn 6
Bay leaf 1
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Hot water 1cup
Salt to taste
Oil 1 cup
Method
Heat oil in a pot,fry onions golden.
Add chicken/undercut,turmeric and salt cook till dry.
Fry lightly,add tomatoes
Garlic,ginger, coriander, cumin ,red chillies,and water.
When water dries add bay leaf,cardamom, lemon juice and pepper.keep on dum.
When oil separates,dish out serve hot.
Recipe by Handi.
Vegetables
Green onion
Shimla one
Tomato
Pine apple
Cucumber one
Chicken in cubes and marinated into ginger garlic paste.fry
All cut into small cubes fry individual till soft with little sprinkle of salt
Gravy
Two cups vinegar
4 tablespoon ketchup
2 tablespoon sugar
1 cup water
Mix all n cook on medium heat till thicken like gravy but not dense.
Finish
Mix gravy n vegetables add chicken,gravy and black / white pepper if want spicy.
Experimentation in cooking is essential. But one must know which spices taste well with the other.I have seen using leftover bengan ka bhurta for pizza topping.and making pasta with Biryani masala.what do you think would have tasted better?
Chicken hari Mirch
One big onion chopped
Hari mirch cut into slices
Black / white pepper 1 tablespoon
Chicken boneless half kg
Dahi aik piyali
Cream/ butter/ malai ( more / less to taste)
Ginger garlic paste
Method
Fry onion till soft
Fry ginger garlic paste n then add chicken n fry
Till whiten
Add dahi n salt cover n let it cook till gravy settles.add hari mirch,pepper,hara dhanya,lemon juice n cover n let it cook in steam.turn off stove
Today I made Stew and dum aalu.It was a great taste.I'll share my recipe soon.