Recipe: Perfect Dhaba Style Masala Chicken Curry

Dhaba Style Masala Chicken Curry.

You can cook Dhaba Style Masala Chicken Curry using 25 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Dhaba Style Masala Chicken Curry

1. Prepare 500 gm of chicken.
2. It's 1 of onion paste.
3. It's 1 of onion chopped finely.
4. It's 2 tsp of ginger paste.
5. Prepare 7-8 of cashew nuts.
6. It's 2 tsp of melon seeds.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of malai or fresh cream.
8. You need 2 tbsp of refined oil.
9. You need 1 tbsp of butter or ghee.
10. It's 1 tsp of crushed kasoori methi.
11. You need 1 tsp of ajwain /carom seeds.
12. You need 2 of cloves.
13. It's 1 of small stick cinnamon.
14. You need 2 of cardamoms.
15. You need 1 tsp of tandoori chicken masala.
16. It's 1 pinch of orange red food colour.
17. It's 2 tbsp of curd.
18. It's 2 tbsp of fresh tomato puree.
19. It's 1 of green chilli paste.
20. Prepare To taste of salt.
21. It's 1 pinch of sugar.
22. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
23. It's 1 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.
24. It's 1/4 tsp of turmeric.
25. It's 1 tbsp of chopped coriander.

Dhaba Style Masala Chicken Curry step by step

1. Marinate chicken with lemon juice and little salt for 1 hour.Meanwhile make a paste of 1 onion alongwith cashewnuts and melon seeds/charmagaz.Also add chopped tomato,curd, ginger and green chilli and make a paste..
2. Heat oil and butter or ghee in a pan.Fry 1 finely chopped onion golden brown and set aside.Sprinkle whole garam masala and lightly fry the chicken.Add the ground paste to the chicken and toss.Add other dry masalas,salt and 1 pinch sugar.Toss all with chicken and add a cup of water approximately. Add crushed kasoori methi.Cook on low flame till chicken is done and masala coats chicken..
3. Garnish with chopped coriander,nuts and malai. Serve hot with naan or any Indian flat breads or pulao..