Bong Man's Eatery

                            CREAMY LIME CHICKEN

Ingredients

• ·         500gms chicken pieces
• ·         3medium size onions
• ·         1large tomato
• ·         3 small cinnamon stick
• ·         4-5 cloves
• ·         2-3 cardamom
• ·         1-2 bay leaves
• ·         Ginger garlic paste 4tbsp
• ·         Cumin powder ½ tbsp
• ·         Coriander powder ½ tbsp
• ·         Red chili powder 2 tbsp
• ·         Turmeric powder 1 tbsp
• ·         Green chilies 4 whole pieces
• ·         Lemon juice 5 tbsp
• ·         Cashew and poppy seed paste 3 tbsp
• ·         Yoghurt 3 tbsp
• ·         Rose water ½ tbsp
• ·         Butter 1 small cube
• ·         Grated cheese 7-8 tbsp
• ·         Mustard oil 6 tbsp
• ·         Sugar and salt according to taste

Procedure

1. Marinate the chicken piece with pinch of salt 1 tbsp of turmeric and 3 tbsp of lemon and rose water and keep aside for around 30 minutes.
2. Grind the onions and make a paste of it. Heat the mustard oil in a wok. Add the clove, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaves to it and saute for a while.
3. Add the onion paste and stir so that it doesn’t stick to wok. After around 4-5 minutes on low heat add the ginger garlic paste, cumin, and coriander and red chili powder and mix it well.
4. Make puree of the whole tomato and add it to the mixture in the wok.  And stir for another 5 minutes to cook the spices properly and uniformly.
5. Add the marinated chicken to it and mix uniformly. And let it simmer for another 10minutes.
6. As the chickens starts losing its water add the cashew poppy seed paste and yoghurt to it. And stir it for a while to bring in the aromatic flavor to it.
7. Add the remaining lemon juice to the chicken and put in the green chilies along with salt and sugar according to your taste.
8. Let it simmer for another 10 minutes and just before switching off the flame spread the grated cheese all over the chicken and keep it cover for 3-4 minutes to let the cheese melt a little.
9. Serve with roti / paratha or just reduce the gravy by simmering it for a little more and enjoy the dried creamy lime chicken with chilled beer to beat the scorching heat J

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