Chicken Kosha or Chicken Bhuna Shahi Style

Chicken Kosha or Chicken Bhuna Shahi Style

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Chicken Kosha or Chicken Bhuna Shahi Style Recipe is another common Chicken Recipe in Bengali household.I created a twist to give it a shahi touch to this recipe. Give it a try,you wont regret :-).

Preparation Time - 10 - 15 min ( soaking Raisins 10 min )
Cooking Time - 45-50 min

Ingredients for Chicken Marination:-

1. Chicken with bone 1 pound around 500 grams
2. 2 tablespoon of Yoghurt
3. 1/4 teaspoon each of Paprika or Kashmiri Chilly Powder+ Redchilly powder or  Cayenne + Turmeric powder.
4. Salt as per your taste.

Ingredients for Chicken Kosha / Bhuna :-

1. 1 cup chopped Onion
2. 1 tablespoon of crushed ginger and garlic ( about 2-3 fat cloves of garlic and 1 in ch of ginger )
3. 1/2 cup of chopped Tomato.
4. 1 fresh chilly
5. 8-10 dry roasted salted Cashew
6. 1 teaspoon of Raisins.
7. Whole Spices ( 1/4 th teaspoon of whole black peppercorns /golmorich + 1 bay leaves/ tej patta + 2 cloves +1 green cardamom + 1 inch Cinnamon
8. Dry roasted and ground spices ( 1 and 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds /dhaniya whole+ 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds/jeera whole + 2 green cardamom/elaichi + 1/2 black cardamom/boro elaichi +3 cloves/lobongo + pinch of javetri + 1/2 inch Cinnamon
9. Cooking Oil ( I used Mustard oil 3 tablespoon ) you can also use Vegetable/Canola/Peanut oil.
10. 1/2 tablespoon Clarified Butter or Ghee.
11. Water if required just sprinkle.
12. Sugar 1/4 teaspoon
13. Salt as per your taste.
14. 1/4 teaspoon each of Turmeric powder and kashmiri chilly powder or paprika.

Preparation:-

1. Marinate the Chicken with all the ingredients mentioned under marination and keep aside.
2. Dry roast the spices mentioned under point 8 and then grind it in a grinder.
3. Make a paste of Cashews and raisins with little water.
4. Chop all the vegetables ( Onion,Tomato )
5. Crush the ginger  and garlic in a mortar and pestle or Hamaldista.

Cooking :-

1. Take an utensil add oil and the ghee,when it starts warming up add the whole spices mentioned under point 7  and let the spices infuse the flavours into the oil as it gets heated.
2. When heated then add the chopped onion and fry til it is  brown in colour and then add the ginger and garlic crushed. Fry til the raw smell is gone and then add the Tomatoes.
3. Along with the tomato also add 1/4 teaspoon each of Paprika or kashmiri chilly powder and turmeric powder. Mix everything,cover and cook for 1-2 minutes til the tomato melts and oil seeps out.Open the cover and check intermittently.
4. Add the cashew and raisin paste and mix,cover and cook and open and mix intermittently to prevent the spices from getting burnt.
5. When oil seeps out add the Sugar,salt and the marinated Chicken and mix. Cover and cook,opening intermittently to check so that the spices  do not get burnt and mix .
6. Continue cooking the chicken covered and mixing in between til the oil seeps out and the chicken is cooked. If required add just sprinkle of water ,since it is chicken kosha no or minimum use of water is preferred.
7. When done add the chilly ( you can crush and add it ) and the dry roasted spice mix which you prepared and mix.
8. Serve hot with Roti/Paratha or Fried Rice and enjoy :-).

Tip - You may add 1-2 drops of either edible Rose or Kewra essence at the last step.( I didi not add this time )

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