Chicken Kofta
Author:
EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Curries
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
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Chicken Kofta very east to make at home.It's packed with Indian spices, garam masala and chilles.
Ingredients
- 500 grams of chicken mince
- 2 teaspoons ginger paste
- 2 teaspoons garlic paste
- 2 tablespoons roasted gram flour
- 1 teaspoons cumin powder
- 1 black cardamoms powdered
- 1 teaspoons red chilly powder
- 1 teaspoons fennel (saunf) powder
- 1 teaspoons curry Powder or hot spice mix (garam masala) powder
- Salt and freshly milled pepper to taste
- For the curry
- 3 tablespoons clarified butter (ghee)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cloves
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1 teaspoons black cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoons ginger paste
- 2 teaspoons garlic paste
- 1 onion grated
- 1 teaspoons red chilly powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 2 teaspoons coriander powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 4 large tomatoes pureed
- 4 cups chicken stock Salt and sugar to taste
- 4 tablespoons fresh cream
- Finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
- Mix well all the ingredients under kofta and divide this into 10 balls.
- Heat the clarified butter (ghee) in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry the next four ingredients till aromatic.
- Add the ginger-garlic pastes and the grated onions.
- Fry for about 4 minutes or till the onions are golden brown.
- Add all the spice powders and fry for a few seconds.
- Add the pureed tomatoes and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken stock, salt and sugar to taste.
- Bring to a boil. Add the chicken kofta balls one by one and shake the pan gently to stir.
- Cook over low heat for about 20 minutes or till the meatballs are cooked through and the curry thickens.
- Put off the heat and stir in the fresh cream. Garnish with a swirl of fresh cream and finely chopped coriander leaves.