Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Dhuan Dar Aloo Chicken Qorma by chef Rahat


Another great recipe by chef Rahat, with bit different flavor compare to what we usually make in our homes. She used potatoes with chicken.This was first time i used potatoes in qorma and they went well together.




Ingredients:
Chicken                                                1 Kg
Onion                                                   4 medium
Potato                                                  2 large
Oil                                                        ¾ cup
Ginger garlic paste                              1 tbsp
Fennel seeds/Sonaf                             1tsp - crushed
Salt                                                       per taste
Red chili powder                                   1tbsp
Yogurt                                                  1 cup
Coriander powder                                1 ½ tbsp
Black zeera                                          1tsp -crush 
Green cardamom                                 6-7
Jaifal jawatri powder                             ½ tsp
Clove                                                   7 -8
Black pepper                                       10 -12
Kewara water                                      1 tbsp optional

Method:
·         Heat oil in pan. Add finely sliced onion. Cook onion on low medium heat till golden brown.
·         Cut potatoes in wedge shape and add to onion. continue to cook and use splash of water as needed.
·         In yogurt add ginger garlic paste, crushed sonaf , crushed black zeera, clove, green cardamom black pepper and  sliced ginger. Add some sliced ginger to potatoes as well.
·         Add chicken pieces to yogurt mixture and mix well to coat chicken pieces. Take one coal , burn it on stove till its red hot . Take foil and put coal in center of it. Put this in middle of the marinated chicken. Pour some oil on top of coal and immediately cover it, so that smoke remains inside. keep it aside.
·         Add coriander powder and red chili powder in potatoes. Keep it cooking till onions are almost mashed up and potatoes are of nice golden brown color.
·         Discard coal from chicken and add marinated chicken and yogurt in pan with potatoes.
·          Cook this chicken for about 15 – 20 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
·         Add kewara water at this point if using, also thrown in some more sliced ginger.
·         Add  1 ½ cup hot water and salt, stir it, cover and let it cook on low heat. When chicken is tender and oil surface. Remove from heat and dish out.
·         Server hot either with naan or rice.

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