Source : Marinate Chicken With Lemon Juice And Little Salt For 1 Hour Meanwhile Make A Paste Of 1 Onion Alongwith Cashewnuts And Melon Seeds/charmagaz Also Add C...
PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings
Sent by Kumkum Chatterjee
at : November 19, 2025
Step:
Marinate chicken with lemon juice and little salt for 1 hour.Meanwhile make a paste of 1 onion alongwith cashewnuts and melon seeds/charmagaz.Also add chopped tomato,curd, ginger and green chilli and make a paste.
Heat oil and butter or ghee in a pan.Fry 1 finely chopped onion golden brown and set aside.Sprinkle whole garam masala and lightly fry the chicken.Add the ground paste to the chicken and toss.Add other dry masalas,salt and 1 pinch sugar.Toss all with chicken and add a cup of water approximately. Add crushed kasoori methi.Cook on low flame till chicken is done and masala coats chicken.
Garnish with chopped coriander,nuts and malai. Serve hot with naan or any Indian flat breads or pulao.
Ingredients
500 gm chicken
1 onion paste
1 onion chopped finely
2 tsp ginger paste
7-8 cashew nuts
2 tsp melon seeds
1 tbsp malai or fresh cream
2 tbsp refined oil
1 tbsp butter or ghee
1 tsp crushed kasoori methi
1 tsp ajwain /carom seeds
2 cloves
1 small stick cinnamon
2 cardamoms
1 tsp tandoori chicken masala
1 pinch orange red food colour
2 tbsp curd
2 tbsp fresh tomato puree
1 green chilli paste
To taste salt
1 pinch sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp chopped coriander
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