Chicken Nawabi

• 1 kg chicken
• 25 gm garlic
• 5 gm jeera (cumin)
• 25 gm (15 gm + 10 gm)red chilli powder
• 20 gm (10 gm + 10 gm )dhania powder(corriander)
• 40 gm ( 20gm + 20 gm) ginger
• 5 gm saunf (fennel)
• 150 ml curds (Desi Yogurt)
• 10 gm salt
• 75 gm cashew nuts
• 100 gm fat
• 350 gm onions
• 350 gm tomatoes
• 20 gm ghee
• 30 gm green chillies
• cloves
• 3 gm cinnamon
• 1/2 coconut cream
• a large pinch kasuri methi (Fenugreek)
• 3 sprigs curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• a few sprig coriander leaves (cilantro)

1. 1. Clean and joint chicken . Wash well and drain .
2. 2. Grind together 15 gms of red chilli powder ,10 gms of dhania powder ,garlic and half of the ginger ,saunf and jeera
3. 3.Mix with curds and salt to prepare a marinade and soak chicken pieces in the marinade for half an hour .
4. 4. Soak cashew nuts in hot water and grind to a fine paste .
5. 5.Drain the chicken and cook on a skewer in a tandoor oven or over the sigree..
6. 6.Chop onions and tomatoes finely .Slice ginger to thin strips .Slit green chilies .
7. 7.Heat fat ,saute onions till they become pale brown ,add tomatoes ,ginger & green chilies. Fry for a couple of minutes
8. 8. Then add cashewnut paste and the liquid in which the chicken was marinated plus the remaining chilli powder and dhania powder .
9. 9.Fry well.
10. 10.Add the chicken ,continue frying till the masala is cooked .
11. 11. Meanwhile make two extractions of coconut milk
12. 12. Add coconut milk -check for seasoning, add a few pieces of curry leaves and cook till the chicken is tender .
13. 13.Then add the roasted and powdered garam masala
14. 14.Remove from fire .
15. 15. Heat ghee .Add mustard seeds .When seeds crackle ,add kasuri methi and curry leaves
16. 16. Add to the chicken and mix well
17. 17. Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves

chicken, garlic, jeera, curds, salt, nuts, onions, tomatoes, ghee, green chillies, cloves, cinnamon, coconut cream, kasuri methi, curry, mustard, coriander

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chicken-nawabi-50030191 (may not work)