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Methi Chicken Recipe
How To Make Methi Chicken
About Methi Chicken Recipe: Robust food cooked with simple ingredients and basic techniques. Marinated pieces of chicken thighs cooked with the aroma of kasoori methi. This chicken recipe is just the perfect dish to prepare for a winter brunch or dinner party paired with hot naan or chapati.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 15 mins
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time1 hr
- Recipe Servings4
- Easy
Ingredients of Methi Chicken
- 3 chicken thighs (cut into small chunks)
- For the marination:
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp salt
- to taste red chilli powder
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- For the base:
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 black cardamom
- 3-4 green cardamom
- A little bit of mace
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cloves
- 2 tbsp garlic paste
- 2 tsp ginger paste
- 1 cup kasoori methi (soaked in 1 cup water, drained)
- 1 cup yogurt mix
- 4 tomatoes, chopped
- Brown onion paste
- 4 green chillies, finely chopped
- Water
- For the onion paste:
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp ghee
- For the yogurt mix:
- 1 cup yogurt
- A pinch of Salt
- A pinch of Turmeric
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- A little bit of red chilli powder
How to Make Methi Chicken
HideShow MediaPrepare marination:
1.
In a bowl add garlic paste, ginger paste, salt, red chilli powder and lemon juice. Mix well.
2.
Add the chicken chunks. Mix well with hands. Keep in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Prepare the onion paste:
1.
In a pan add 2 Tbsp ghee. fry the sliced onions till dark-golden brown. Drain. Do not throw away the ghee. The same pan will be used to make the gravy.
2.
With a tablespoon of water make a fine paste of these onions. Keep aside.
Prepare the yogurt mix:
1.
In a cup of yogurt add some salt, turmeric, coriander powder and red chilli powder. Mix well. Keep aside.
Prepare the base:
1.
In the same pan in which the onions were fried, add cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, mace, bay leaf and cloves. Let them release the aroma.
2.
Now add garlic paste and ginger paste. Saute.
3.
Add soaked and drained kasoori methi. Saute for 2 minutes or till the kasoori methi releases its distinct aroma.
4.
Add the yogurt mix. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
5.
Add chopped tomatoes. Cook till the tomatoes wilt and release oil on the sides.
6.
Add the onion paste, green chillies. Saute for 1 minute.
7.
Add some water to liquify the base. Add the marinated chicken.
8.
Cook till the chicken is well done.
9.
Serve with a crisp roti.
Key Ingredients: chicken thighs (cut into small chunks), garlic paste, ginger paste, salt, red chilli powder, lemon (juiced), cinnamon stick, black cardamom, green cardamom, bay leaf, cloves, garlic paste, ginger paste, kasoori methi (soaked in 1 cup water, drained), yogurt mix, tomatoes, Brown onion paste, green chillies, Water , onion, ghee, yogurt, Salt, Turmeric, coriander powder,