Creamy Masala Chicken

I had prepared this curry last month on my daughter Sanju’s birthday . This curry tasted good as simple as  it  was to cook . I paired the curry with white rice and chicken biryani which my mama (uncle) had shared with us from his factory function catered by ‘Pai caterers ‘ . So it was a grand feast for us . We had also prepared other dishes for the celebration .

Summer vacation is almost coming to an end and the cat race will start soon again . Past two months had turned me so lazy and there were never ending family functions which we feasted  to the core . So cooking at home was minimum . I will try to share the recipes whenever possible . So until then stay tuned for more recipes !

Recipe adapted from : Niyas World 

Ingredients :

Chicken – 1 kg

Ginger garlic paste –  2 tsp

Onion – 1 sliced

Oil  – 2 tbsp

Fresh cream – 3 tbsp

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp , chopped

Ingredients for the onion paste :

Oil  – 2 tbsp

Onions – 2 , sliced

Ingredients for the spice paste :

Chilly powder – 2 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 1 /4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1 /2 tsp

Water – 2 tbsp approx or more

Method for fried onion paste:

• Heat 2 tbsp oil and fry onions until red in colour .
• Cool  and make a paste .

Method for the spice mix :

• Mix all the spice powders with little water and make a paste .

Method for the curry :

1. Puree tomatoes and keep it ready .
2. Heat the remaining oil and saute onions .
3. Add fried onion paste and ginger garlic paste .
4. Saute until raw smell disappears .
5. Add spice mix .
6. Add tomato puree and saute for sometime .
7. Add chicken and salt to taste .
8. Add little water if  it looks dry .
9. Cook the chicken until done .
10. I pressure cooked for 1 whistle and lowered the flame for 5 minutes .
11. Once done add cream , chicken masala powder .
12. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves .