This Chicken curry is prepared with raw ground peanuts in a saucy base,Creamy and tangy is sure to win your taste buds.
Preparation Time - Chicken marination 1 hr other preparation 15 min.
Cooking Time - Approximately 45 min.
Ingredients for Chicken marination:-
1. Chicken with bone 1.50 pound that is around 700 grams.
2. 2 fat garlic cloves ( around 2 teaspoon of crushed garlic ).
3. 1 inch ginger (around 1 teaspoon).
4. 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
5. 1/4 teaspoon of paprika.
6. 1 tablespoon yoghurt or curd.
7. 2 teaspoon sunflower oil or vegetable oil or peanut oil.
8. 1 teaspoon salt or as per your taste.
Ingredients for the Chicken Peanut curry:-
1. 2 tablespoon raw peanuts soaked in water.
2. 1/2 cup of chopped onion.
3. 1/2 cup chopped Tomato.
4. 2 fat cloves of garlic crushed
5. 1 fresh chilly chopped.
6. Dry roast and grind ( 1 teaspoon coriander or dhaniya + 1 teaspoon cumin + 2-3 cloves or lobongo + 2 green cardamom or elaichi + 1/4 black peppercorns) to this dry roasted spice/masala add very little javetri and nutmeg and then grind it and keep aside.
7. Whole spices ( 1 bay leaf or tej patta,1/4 black peppercorn or golmorich and 1/2 of a start anise or annashipu )
8. Peanut Oil - 2 tablespoon or any other vegetable oil.
9. Salt - 1/2 teaspoon or as per your taste.
NOTE - you can add red chilly powder or cayenne powder to increase the heat level in the dish.
Preparation :-
1. Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients under marination.
2. Add 1 tablespoon oil and fry the chopped onion til just brown,cool,grind it and keep aside.
3. Dry roast and grind the spices mentioned under point 6 of ingredients under Chicken Peanut curry.
4. Peel the skin of the soaked raw peanuts and grind with little water [ I was lazy to remove peels of all the peanuts :( ]
Cooking :-
1. Add oil let it warm.Then add the whole spices and let them infuse their flavours.
2. Add the crushed garlic ,let it turn just brown not burnt and then add the fried and ground onion paste.Cover and cook.Open intermittently ,mix,cover and cook.
3. When oil seeps out add the ground peanut paste,mix,cover and cook, intermittently open and see to check so that the spice mixture does not get burnt,cook til oil seeps out.
4. Add the marinated chicken ,mix properly cover and cook.This step is important,this is "bhuno or koshano ".Cover,cook and open intermittently to check and see and mix.After 6-7 min add the tomatoes and mix,again cover and cook.Let the oils seep out.Add sugar and salt and mix. Add very little about 1/3rd to 1/4th cup of water cover and simmer.When the chicken is done add the ground dry roasted spices,mix and let it stand 5 min before serving.
5. Garnish with chopped fresh chillies and serve with Roti or Rice or Paratha or even fried rice.
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