Name: Vardhadi chicken recipe by Debashri Chatterji at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Chicken 500 gms; Onion chopped 5; Green chillies slit 4; Garlic 50 gm cloves; Rice 2 tsp; Dried coconut 20 gm; Cashew 10 gms; Whole spice (clove, peppercorn, cinamon, cardamom, star anise,cumin, ) 2 tsp; Salt to taste; red chilli powder 4 tsp; Coriander leaves; Turmeric 1 tsp

Ingredients Serving: 4

Chicken 500 gms
Onion chopped 5
Green chillies slit 4
Garlic 50 gm cloves
Rice 2 tsp
Dried coconut 20 gm
Cashew 10 gms
Whole spice (clove, peppercorn, cinamon, cardamom, star anise,cumin, ) 2 tsp
Salt to taste
red chilli powder 4 tsp
Coriander leaves
Turmeric 1 tsp

Instructions

Wash chicken . And put to boil it with turmeric and 1 tsp salt.
Drain and keep aside the stock
In a pan dry roast all the whole spices. Remove and grind using lil water
In the pan heat 1 tsp oil. Add the dried coconut till light golden. Remove. Grind to paste adding the cashew
In the same pan fry onions and green chillies. Remove and make paste adding garlic and coriander
Heat 4 tbsp oil in kadhai. Add onion paste fry till colour changes.
Add the spice paste and coconut cashew paste. Fry for 10 min
Add red chillie powder and salt. Fry till oil separates
Add littke stock. Mix and fry till a snooth paste of masala forms. Keep adding little stock and keep stirring
Add the chicken. Cook for 5 to 10 min in masala.
Add stock and check consistency
Serve hot

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