Restaurant Style Chicken Gravy - Rosy aunty

Recipe by Rosy Pinto


















Ingredients: 
500 gms skinned chicken pieces with bones 

To grind:
8 dry byadgi chillies (dry roast first)
12 cashew nuts (dry roast first)
2 medium red ripe tomatoes (cubed or chopped)

3-4 tbsp oil
1" cinnamon
2 cardamoms
3 cloves
1 large onion (chopped)
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste  
1/2 tsp turmeric powder     
1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder, if required  
2 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 tbsp crushed kasoori methi
salt to taste

Steps:
  1. Clean, wash and drain the chicken and keep aside.

  2. Dry roast chillies and cashew nuts for 2 to 3 minutes 
  3. Once cooled, powder it and grind with tomatoes without adding water and keep aside.

  4. In a vessel, heat oil. Add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and fry for a few seconds. 
  5. Add chopped onion and fry until translucent. 
  6. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until raw smell vanishes. 
  7. Add turmeric, chilli and coriander powders, salt and fry for 30 seconds. 
  8. Add 2 tbsp of water, mix well and add chicken and continue frying for 5 more minutes until the oil separates.
  9. Add the ground paste, mix and cook for another 5 minutes stirring constantly. 
  10. Add 1 - 1 1/2 cups water, mix and cook covered for 10 minutes on low heat.
  11. Open the lid, stir and add garam masala. Mix and cook till the gravy thickens 
  12. Add crushed kasoori methi, mix and cook for 1 minute.
  13. Switch off the flame and serve hot.
  14. ENJOY!