Punjabi Masala Chicken

In India being Punjabi means your favorite must be a Chicken dish. A punjabi meal is incomplete by chicken. The Punjabi Masala Chiken is the most common but the most delicious recipe of all. You can get different types of chicken dishes in restaurants and hotels, but Punjabi Masala Chicken is very rarely available in the market, and most widely at homes.

So today I’ll share my recipe of Punjabi Masala Chicken. It is very easy.

Ingredients (servings for 2)

• 500 GM’s of biryani cut chicken (medium size chopped chicken)
• 4 medium size tomato (roughly chopped)
• 4 medium size onion ( roughly chopped)
• 2 inches long ginger
• 15-16 cloves of garlic
• 3 green chilli
• 1/2 tbsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp cumin powder
• 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder (kashmiri red)
• Salt
• 1 service spoon refined oil
• 1 tbsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tbsp kitchen king masala
• Chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp kasuri methi

Procedure

1. In pressure cooker take chopped tomato, onion, garlic cloves and green chilli and grated ginger. Add half bowl of water to this and let it cook on high flame for 3 whistles.
2. Then open the cooker and let it cool for 5 minutes.
3. With the help of hand blender carefully blend to get puree like the mixture (but not as smooth as puree)
4. Now to this add refined oil and let it cook on high flame for 5-7 minutes till the excess water is evaporated.
5. Ones the quantity of this puree reduces to almost half, add spices to it. (Turmeric, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder, kitchen king, cumin powder)
6. Now add half bowl or less water to this and with occassional stiring let this cook.
7. Ones the tadka begins to release oil on the edges add chicken pieces to this.
8. Mix it properly so that chicken pieces are covered with masala.
9. Now cover the cooker with a regular plate or lid (but don’t pressure cook) and let it cook on low flame till chicken is soft.
10. The chicken will release it’s juices in the curry. Occassionally stir.
11. After 10 min. With the help of blunt side of tooth pick check if the chicken is ready.
12. Ones chicken is ready sprinkle crushed kasuri methi and garnish with chopped coriander.

Note- Serve this with roti, chapati, naan etc. If you want to eat this with rice add water to gravy and mange it’s consistency as per your wish.