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Dhaba-Style Chicken Recipe
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About Dhaba-Style Chicken Recipe: For all the chicken lovers, here is a delicious chicken curry right from yout favourite dhaba! Chicken sauteed in onion tomato masala, flavoured with aromatic spices and served with your favourite Indian bread, dhaba-styled chicken is perfect to satiate your chicken curry cravings.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 20 mins
- Prep Time 45 mins
- Cook Time 35 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Medium
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Ingredients of Dhaba-Style Chicken
- 4 Chicken legs
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp lemon
- 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 Onions
- 2-3 pieces ginger
- 8-9 pieces garlic
- 7 Green chillies
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 Bay leaves
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 5 Black cardamoms
- 8 Pepper corns
- 4 Cloves
- 4 Tomatoes
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp ginger
How to Make Dhaba-Style Chicken
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Take the chicken pieces in a bowl, add salt, lemon and ginger garlic paste.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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2.
Mix it all well and set aside for 30 minutes.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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3.
Now, take onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies and grind them together to make a paste.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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Prepare the curry:
1.
Take oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, black cardamom, peppercorn and cloves.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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2.
Saute them together until golden brown and add the onion paste.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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3.
Mix it with the ingredients and cover the pan to cook for a few minutes.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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4.
After a while, add tomatoes to the mix along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and coriander powder.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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5.
Mix well and add the chicken pieces to the mix and further saute it.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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6.
Add some water to balance the consistency of the mix.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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7.
Transfer the mix in to a pressure cooker and cook it for a while.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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8.
After that add garam masala and coriander leaves in the cooker.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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Prepare the tadka:
1.
Take a heated pan and put ghee, add ginger and green chillies to it.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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2.
Let it cook and then add the tadka to the pressure cooker.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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3.
Let it boil for a while and serve hot with garnishing of coriander leaves.![Dhaba-Style Chicken Dhaba-Style Chicken](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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Recipe Notes
You can also add a bit of curd in the recipe if you wish to. It will enhance the taste.
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