This Punjabi chicken is cooked till tender in a simple spicy gravy.
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 8
Vegetable oil
2 tbsp
Ghee (clarified butter)
2 tbsp
Chicken legs, skinless
8
Cumin seeds
1 tsp
Onion, diced
1
Garlic
5 cloves, minced
Fresh ginger root
2 tbsp, minced
Tomato, small, chopped
1
Tomato paste
1 tbsp
Garam masala
1 tbsp
Turmeric
1 tbsp, ground
Serrano pepper, seedless, minced
1
Water
1 cup
DIRECTIONS
- Put oil and ghee to a large pot and heat them over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and cook them until they change color.
- Add the onion and cook stirring until it becomes translucent, for about 5 mins. Add garlic and ginger and keep cooking the mixture stirring it occasionally until the onions get brown, for 5 more mins.
- Add the next six ingredients (from tomato to water) and cook the sauce for 5 mins.
- Put the chicken into the sauce making sure the legs are completely coated.
- Cover the pot, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the chicken is white near the bone, not pink (for about 40 mins).
- Sprinkle the dish with cilantro and serve it.
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