Chicken Curry

 This is my mother's way to prepare Chicken Curry. I also like the same way. Its simple and easy recipe and Chicken Curry Taste really Yummy

Ingredients
800 gm Chicken
6 onions
10-12 garlic cloves
2” ginger
3 tps Garam masala (don’t use market Garam masala. If this masala in not available take all spices and mix them and make paste for chicken curry)
1 tps coriander powder
1 tps red chilly powder
1 tps cumin powder
1 tps chicken masala
Oil
Salt to taste
2 tps Coriander leaves to garnish
Method
1.    Cut chop 3 onion
2.    Make paste of 3 onion, ginger and garlic
3.    Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion. Sauté till onion start changing color
4.    Add chicken, and salt in the pan. Mix well. Let it cook on low flame. Sauté in between
5.    Take another pan. Heat 2 big tps oil.
6.    Add onion paste. Sauté till it will become light brown.
7.    Add 2 tps Garam masala, coriander powder and chilly powder
8.    Add little water and saute for 4-5 minute.
9.    Add this masala in the chicken and mix till masala distribute in chicken properly.
10.    Cover the pan and let it cook till chicken will cook.
11.    Add chicken masala and mix well.
12.    Add water as per your need of gravy.
13.    Let it cook for another 10-15 minute
14.    Adjust salt and chilly as per gravy.
15.    Cook it before 30 min to 1 hour before eating.
16.    Garnish with Coriander Leaves
17.    Serve hot with chapatti or rice

Butter Chicken in Pia's Style

Last sunday we have decided to make butter chicken. It was cooked by both me and my husband. Result was really very tasty.; You can also try and I am sure you will like it

Ingredients

600 gm Chicken

For marinate

1 cup curd

1 tps lemon Juice

2 tps Kashmiri mirch

1 tps garam masala

salt according to taste

For gravy-

5-6 medium Tomato

5-6 Green cardamon

10-12 peppercorn

10-12 clove

cardamon

1tps garam masala

1 tps red chilly

2 tps sugar

1 tps kasturi methi

1 cup cream 
50 gm low fat butter

salt according to taste

Method

1. Wash chicken and make small slits on chicken with the help of knife.

2. Mix all ingredients on marinate in curd

3. Marinate chicken in the mixture for 1 hour

4. Put 3 tps of oil in pan.

5. put chicken one by one in pan. Let it cook for 10 minutes on low fame.

6. Check if chicken is cooked. Than on high flame let all water absorb. it will look like Roasted chicken

Gravy

1. put butter in pan. Add green cardamom, clove, peppercorn and cinnamon in the oil. Cook it for 2 minutes

2. Now add ginger garlic paste and chopped green chilies

3. Sauté for few minutes

4. Now add tomato puree into pan. If too thick add some water. Add salt according to taste

5. Add some kasturi methi and sugar into curry

6. Cook it for 10 minute. Then add cooked chicken pieces into the curry.

7. Let it cook on slow flame for 5 minutes.

8. Now add cream. Cook it for another 3 minutes

9. Add green coriander for garnishing