• Prep Time 15-20 minutes
  • Cook Time 40-45 minutes
  • Serving For 4 People
  • Difficulty Easy
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Recipe Description

Minced chicken koftas cooked in a flavourful gravy.

Ingredients:-

  • Chicken keema – 750 grams
  • Egg – 1 no
  • Oil – 2 tbsp + 1 tsp
  • Butter – 2 tbsp
  • Ginger finely chopped -1 1/2 tbsp
  • Garlic finely chopped – 1 tbsp
  • Green chillies, finely chopped – 2 no
  • Onions – 2 no medium
  • Garam masala powder  – 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder  – 1 1/4
  • Salt – to taste
  • Roughly chopped mint leaves – 1 1/2 cup
  • Coriander leaves roughly chopped – 1 cup
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Bay leaves – 2 no
  • Cashew nut paste (12-15 cashew nuts soaked for 15-20 minutes and ground into a paste) – 3 tbsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • Fresh cream – 1/2 cup
  • Juice of – 1/4 lemon
  • For garnishing-
  • Fresh red chillies – 2 no

 

Method:-

  1. Break egg in a bowl. Add chicken keema, garam masala powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tbsp butter and salt. Mix well and set aside.
  2. Heat oil and remaining butter in a non stick pan. Add ginger, garlic, green chillies and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Finely slice onions, add to the pan and sauté till light brown.
  4. Add mint leaves, coriander leaves, turmeric powder to the pan and sauté for a minute. Transfer into a mixer jar, grind into a coarse mixture and transfer into a bowl.
  5. Grind the chicken keema mixture and transfer in a bowl
  6. Heat the remaining oil in another non stick pan. Add bay leaves, cashew nut paste and sauté for 6-8 minutes. Add coriander powder, remaining turmeric powder, remaining red chilli powder and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
  7. Add 2 cups water to the cashew nut paste and allow coming to a boil. Grease your palms with oil. Make small balls of the chicken mixture and slide them in the cashew nut gravy.
  8. Add the ground mint coriander mixture and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add fresh cream, lemon juice and mix.
  9. Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with 2 fresh red chillies and serve hot.

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Fusion of Indian food with International Cuisine is what made Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi a sought after name within the Food industry. With a background of North India, Chef Harpal is a music lover and is fluent in English and five Indian regional languages - Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya and Telugu.

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