!! Creamy Cashew Chicken !!

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ello  everyone..let’s give u a non-veg treat this time..My last post was a rice dish..So I thought why not share with u a gravy item on Chicken. This dish is very easy to prepare..& is a bit different from our everyday chicken curry or so..This is an outcome of my experiment at kitchen..The speciality of the dish is its colour..Most of us use turmeric powder in our daily foods  but here’s the variation..I’ve not used turmeric for this..& the colour is pale brown..& its just awesome..

There are lot of dishes tried on chicken..But I can tell u that this is totally a different one..While I made this everyone asked for its name..bUt truly it will seem lyk Rezala..or similar to that..the fact is that I just tried using the correct ingredients together for a new item of surprise.. J For the past few years I’ve seen that there has been a trend of white coloured gravy items..& its really nice..I prefer this type of items to be little sweet in taste..

I have named it “Creamy Cashew Chicken”. Do try it at home and leave your feedback.

Creamy Cashew Chicken

Ingredients :

Fresh chicken pieces (bone / boneless) ; yogurt ; chopped ( juliand shaped ) onion , capsicum , garlic ; green chilies (slitted  vertically) ; ginger paste ; white oil ; whole garam masala ( 2 cinnamon  sticks , 4 cardamom , 4 cloves ); 2 bay leaves ; fresh cream ; salt ; sugar

Make paste with equal amount of poppy seeds, cashews, almond & magaj.

If you cannot find magaj you can try the recipe without it.

(I suggest: - Before making the paste soak all of them in lukewarm milk for atleast 3 mins..)

How to do..

   1) Marinate chicken pieces with beaten yogurt & white oil (2 tsp) for an hour or so.

   2)Now add white oil in your kadai or frying pan ; then add ½ tsp of sugar and wait until it caramelizes to give the brown colour..Then lower the heat add whole garam masala, bay leaves, slitted green chilies and as the smell of the ingredients comes out one by one add chopped garlic, onion ,capsicum, and fry till they are translucent.. Then its time to add 2 tsp of ginger paste to it..and start to mix it well and wait till oil leaves the mixture.

   3)Then add the  marinated  chicken pieces and mix with the gravy .As the chicken becomes tender we need to add the left out marinated yogurt along with the paste made  of poppy seeds + cashews + almond+ magaj and blend them well .Now cover the lid and allow it  to stand in simmer  till the chicken pieces leave all the water from it.

   4) Now look out for the chicken pieces and as they gets cooked add salt and sugar into it. The gravy will be thick and for more gravy add lukewarm water and mix it well.

The dish will be a bit sweet in taste.. Turn off the gas and allow it to stand for 5 min.

    5)Serve it with whipped fresh cream..

    It goes well with any type of Indian bread.. or fried rice..