Afghani Chicken Recipe | Restaurant-Style Afghani Chicken
About This Recipe
Creamy, smoky & irresistibly tender — this Afghani Chicken is pure indulgence in every bite! 🔥🍗
Recipe
Ingredients :
1st Marinade
800g Chicken
1tsp Salt or as per taste
2tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1tbsp Lemon Juice
Grind to Paste
1 Handful Coriander Leaves
1/2 cup Mint Leaves
8 - 10 Green Chillies
1 Onion
12 - 15 Cashewnuts
1 Cup Fresh Curd
1 Cup Fresh Cream
1tsp Pepper
1tsp Chaat Masala
1tsp Garam Masala
1tbsp Kasuri Methi
2tbsp Butter
4tbsp Oil
Whole Spices
6 Cloves
2 Cinnamon Sticks
4 Green Cardamoms
10 Black Pepper Corns
2 Bay Leaves
1 - 2tsp Sugar (if curd is too sour)
1/2tsp Chicken Powder
Chopped Coriander
Method :
1. Make cuts on chicken and add salt, ginger garlic paste and lemon juice to it. Mix well and marinate for 30 mins.
2. Grind to a fine paste onion, cashewnuts, coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies and curd.
3. Add the paste to the chicken along with the fresh cream and mentioned spices like kasuri methi, garam masala, chaat masala and black pepper powder. Mix well and marinate for another 30 mins.
4. Heat a tablespoon of butter and 2tbsp oil.
5. Add the chicken pieces and fry till they have char marks on it.
6. Give charcoal smoke to the fried chicken for 1 - 2 mins.
7. Heat a tablespoon of butter and 2 tablespoon oil in a kadhai.
8. Add whole spices and saute for few seconds.
9. Add the leftovet marinade and bring it to a boil on low flame.
10. Add the fried chicken and mix well.
11. Add sugar and chicken powder. Mix well and bring to a boil.
12. Cover and cook for 15 mins on low flame.
13. Sprinkle chopped coriander and mix well.
14. Serve with roti, paratha, rumali roti and enjoy.