Ingredients:
Chicken 4 leg pieces
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Refined oil 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts 1/4 cup
Tomatoes 2 nos chopped
Onions 2 nos chopped
Garlic 2 flakes chopped
Ginger 3 tbspn chopped
Kashmiri red chilly powder 1
tspn
Fennel powder 1/2 tspn
Cumin powder 1/2 tspn
Lime juice 2 tbspns
Mustard powder a pinch
Sesame seed oil 1/4 cup
Method:
1. Boil the half the cashew
nuts along with half the
onions. When the cashew nuts
are cooked drain the liquid
and cool.
2. Fry the reaming cashew
nuts in the oil till light
brown in color. Drain and
keep aside.
3.Grind the garlic and the
ginger to a fine paste in a
blender adding a little
water.
4.Grind the cashew nuts and
the onions to a fine paste
in a blender . Keep aside.
5. In a basin place the
chicken pieces and add the
yogurt, onion-cashew paste,
garlic ginger paste, cumin
powder, fennel powder , lime
juice, salt and the red
chilly powder.
6. Mix thoroughly and keep
aside for 3 hours.
7. Heat the oil in a kadai.
Add the tomatoes and fry
over a medium flame for a
minute.
8. Add the chicken pieces
,the marinate (the liquid
remaining in the basin) and
very little water and cook
the chicken over a low flame
till the chicken is cooked
and there is no gravy
remaining.
9. Remove from the flame and
serve hot garnished with the
fried cashew nuts.
Note : The marination time
of the chicken is not
included in the cook time.