Recipe of Ultimate Dahi wala Kukkad Chicken in yoghurt curry base

Dahi wala Kukkad Chicken in yoghurt curry base.

You can have Dahi wala Kukkad Chicken in yoghurt curry base using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Dahi wala Kukkad Chicken in yoghurt curry base

1. You need 500 gram of chicken big pieces(legs breast and wings).
2. It's of For Marination.
3. It's 300 gram of thick full cream curd.
4. It's 1 tsp of white pepper mixed with 5-6 black pepper (fresh coarse grounded).
5. It's 1 tsp of kasuri methi.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
7. It's 1 tsp of Jeera /cumin powder.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
9. It's 3 tsp of ginger garlic and green chilli paste.
10. It's of For Gravy.
11. Prepare 2 tbsp of light cooking oil.
12. You need 1 tbsp of ghee or butter.
13. It's 1 tbsp of kasuri methi / sundries fenugreek leaves.
14. Prepare 10 of cashews soaked in water (to make fine paste).
15. It's 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
16. It's 2 tsp of green chilli ginger garlic paste.
17. It's of Residual Marination of curd.
18. Prepare 1 tbsp of plain curd.
19. You need 1 of big onion finely chopped.
20. You need of For frying chicken pieces.
21. Prepare as needed of oil.

Dahi wala Kukkad Chicken in yoghurt curry base step by step

1. Marination: as it is key step of this curry, need to make sure that curd is cold but not chilled and well beaten. Wash chicken pieces and add curd, add green chilli-ginger-garlic paste, roasted cumin powder, salt, white pepper powder, kasuri methi (crushed dried fenugreek leaves) add few drops of oil and mixed it well..
2. Make sure that all pieces are well coated. Keep the marinated chicken aside for 15 minutes minimum. For best results wait for 30 minutes.if you are cooking in summers then keep it in fridge..
3. Now when pieces are marinated, take a tawa or non-stick griddle, add oil and shallow fry pieces both sides on medium flame. Fry 3-4 pieces don’t over crowd the tawa as each piece needs to be 80% cooked..
4. Now keep aside all pieces, meanwhile curry preparation can be started (avoid add hot pieces into gravy).
5. Now take a wok or sauce pan first add 2 tbsp oil and the 1 tbsp butter or ghee, add chopped onions.
6. After frying for 5 minutes add ginger-chilli-garlic paste and fry for 2 more minutes, add cashews Pasternak add 1 tbsp water to avoid cuddling of curd then add rest marination (curd), keep stirring.
7. After 4-5 minutes, curd eik release butter, this is the moment you need to add chicken pieces and then add garam masala and kasuri methi. Add salt as per taste and in last add rest white pepper powder..
8. Now cover it with lid and let simmer for 10 minutes. It doesn’t require any garnishing. You can eat with naan or tawa roti..