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My Mother in law's chicken bhuna

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken (Cut into pieces & washed)
2  cup onions (sliced) 
1 tbsp coriander (dhania) powder 
1 tsp red chili powder 
1/2 cup yoghurt
2 tsp garlic paste 
3-4 green cardamoms (choto elach) 
3 tbsp oil  
salt to taste
1 tsp turmeric powder  
2 tsp cumin seed (jera) powder
1 tsp fenugreek (methi) 
3 tsp ginger paste
1 inch cinnamon (darchini)
2 cloves (long)
2 bay leaves 

How to Cook

  1. Mix yogurt, coriander-turmeric-red chili-cumin seed powder with the chicken pieces and keep it for half an hour.
  2. Heat clarified butter or oil or mastered oil in a pan and add fenugreek. Add onions and bay leaves and fry until light brown.
  3. Add chicken mix and cook on high heat for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Add garlic and ginger paste and stir. Make sure the chicken does not brown.
  4. Add salt cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves.
  5. Add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil.
  6. Reduce heat and let the onions melt well with other ingredients and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through (no longer pink inside), about 20 to 25 minutes. 
  7. Add some chopped coriander leaves if you wish.
  8. Serve hot with polow, nan or parathas. 








 


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