Ingredients:
Chicken - 1, about 1 1/2 kg, skinned and jointed
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Coconut - 1
Hot Water - 2 cups
Salt as per taste
Grind Together:
Dry Red Chillies - 12
Cloves - 4
Cardamoms - 5
Cinnamon - 4 one inch sticks
Coriander Powder - 3 tsp, dry roasted
Poppy Seeds - 1 tsp
Dry Coconut - 1/4
Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
Onions - 3, finely sliced
For Garnish:
Fried Cashewnuts - 6
Mint Leaves - few sprigs
Method:
1. Stuff the chicken with the ground masala and tie up the chicken well, so that the stuffing does not come out.
2. Heat half a cup of ghee in a pan.
3. Fry the chicken, turning it around so that each side browns.
4. Grind the fresh coconut and add 2 cups of hot water.
5. Keep aside for 10 minues and extract 2 cups of milk.
6. Pour 1 cup over the chicken.
7. Simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
8. Add the other cup of the coconut milk. Add salt.
9. Cook on a slow flame till chicken is cooked and the stuffing thickens into a gravy.
10. Cut the chicken into 8 or more pieces.
11. Arrange on a serving plate.
12. Garnish with cashewnuts and mint sprigs.
13. Serve hot with rice.
Chicken - 1, about 1 1/2 kg, skinned and jointed
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Coconut - 1
Hot Water - 2 cups
Salt as per taste
Grind Together:
Dry Red Chillies - 12
Cloves - 4
Cardamoms - 5
Cinnamon - 4 one inch sticks
Coriander Powder - 3 tsp, dry roasted
Poppy Seeds - 1 tsp
Dry Coconut - 1/4
Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
Onions - 3, finely sliced
For Garnish:
Fried Cashewnuts - 6
Mint Leaves - few sprigs
Method:
1. Stuff the chicken with the ground masala and tie up the chicken well, so that the stuffing does not come out.
2. Heat half a cup of ghee in a pan.
3. Fry the chicken, turning it around so that each side browns.
4. Grind the fresh coconut and add 2 cups of hot water.
5. Keep aside for 10 minues and extract 2 cups of milk.
6. Pour 1 cup over the chicken.
7. Simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
8. Add the other cup of the coconut milk. Add salt.
9. Cook on a slow flame till chicken is cooked and the stuffing thickens into a gravy.
10. Cut the chicken into 8 or more pieces.
11. Arrange on a serving plate.
12. Garnish with cashewnuts and mint sprigs.
13. Serve hot with rice.







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