Chicken Kofta Recipe
Minced chicken koftas cooked in a flavourful gravy.
Prep Time
5minutes
Cook Time
50minutes
Prep Time
5minutes
Cook Time
50minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Break egg into a bowl. Add chicken mince, garam masala powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tbsp butter and salt and mix well.
  2. Step 2
  3. Heat 1 tsp oil and remaining butter in a non-stick pan. Add ginger, garlic and green chillies and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
  4. Step 3
  5. Finely slice onions, add to the pan and sauté till light brown.
  6. Step 4
  7. 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.
  8. Step 5
  9. Grind the chicken mince mixture and transfer in a bowl.
  10. Step 6
  11. 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.
  12. Step 7
  13. 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.
  14. Step 8
  15. Add the ground mint-coriander mixture and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add fresh cream, lemon juice and mix.
  16. Step 9
  17. Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with fresh red chillies and serve hot.