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Chicken Kofta Recipe
Prep Time | 5 minutes |
Cook Time | 50 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 750 grams Chicken mince keema
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Ginger finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon garlic finely chopped
- green chillies finely chopped
- 2 medium onions
- 1 1/2 cups fresh mint leaves roughly chopped
- 1 cup fresh coriander leaves roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoons cashewnut paste
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1/2 cup fresh cream
- ¼ Juice of lemon
- Fresh red chillies slit into four without cutting through2
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Instructions
- Break egg into a bowl. Add chicken mince, garam masala powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tbsp butter and salt and mix well.
- Step 2
- Heat 1 tsp oil and remaining butter in a non-stick pan. Add ginger, garlic and green chillies and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
- Step 3
- Finely slice onions, add to the pan and sauté till light brown.
- Step 4
- Add mint leaves, coriander leaves, ¼ tsp turmeric powder and sauté for a minute. Transfer into a mixer jar, grind into a coarse mixture and transfer into a bowl.
- Step 5
- Grind the chicken mince mixture and transfer in a bowl.
- Step 6
- Heat the remaining oil in another non-stick pan. Add bay leaves and cashewnut paste and sauté for 6-8 minutes. Add coriander powder, remaining turmeric powder, remaining red chilli powder and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Add 2 cups water and let the mixture come to a boil.
- Step 7
- Grease your palms with oil. Make small balls of the chicken mixture and slide them in the cashewnut gravy and cook till chicken is almost done.
- Step 8
- Add the ground mint-coriander mixture and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add fresh cream, lemon juice and mix.
- Step 9
- Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with fresh red chillies and serve hot.