Chicken marinated with roasted blended spiced and slow-cooked in ghee (clarified butter).
WHAT IS GHEE?
Ghee is clarified butter. Ghee is made by heating butter to separate the liquid and milk solid portions from the fat.
I make my ghee most times or at least my mom does. Here is our recent picture of ghee we made at home.
There is a myth that ghee is bad for health. It is not. Anything in moderation is good. It had good anti-inflammatory properties and also contains heart-healthy fats.
Ghee can be used to our skin for dry skin and even to our hair for moisturizing it.
ENJOY WITH:
Marination helps the spices to get into the chicken. You can always replace chicken with paneer, tofu or mushroom.
Enjoy with Roti, Naan, paratha, parotta or plain hot rice or jeera rice.
OTHER FAVORITE CHICKEN RECIPES:
Madras chicken curry in 30 minutes
- Roast :
- 1.5 tsp, Cumin seeds
- 2 tsp, Whole black pepper
- 6 Red chillies whole
- 1.5 tsp, Fennel seeds
- 1.5 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- 1.5 tsp Coriander seeds
- Blend:
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1.5 tsp Kashmiri Red chilli powder
- 1 inch Ginger
- 5 Garlic
- ½ cup of water
- Marination:
- ½ cup plain yoghurt
- 400 gms, chicken
- 2 tsp, salt
- Roast
- 2.5 tbsp of Ghee
- 1 cup Onion, finely chopped (~1 medium-sized)
- 2 Green chilli, chopped roughly
- 7-8 Curry leaves,
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp, coriander leaves, to garnish
- Roast everything under ‘Roast’ in medium heat for 5 minutes. Keep an eye or it will get burnt.
- Take everything under ‘Blend’ with the roasted ingredients in a blender and blend it nicely into a paste.
- Add the blended paste to a bowl with marination ingredients (Yogurt, chicken and salt).
- Let them marinate for an hour.
- Now take a non-stick pan with ghee in medium heat. Add the chopped onion and green chillies with salt.
- Let them roast for 5-7 minutes until translucent and brown.
- Add the marination now and mix well. Close the lid and leave it for 5 minutes in medium heat and then 15 minutes in medium to low heat.
- Check if the chicken is cooked (it should be). If not leave it open for your right consistency (It should be semi gravy).
- Open the lid now, add the finely chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves and mix well.
