Kashmiri Chicken

Overview
Kashmiri Chicken gets its name from this special Kashmiri chilly used in this dish. These chillies are special mild Red chillies  which adds a distinctive aroma and bright red color to the dish. Another unique aspect of this dish is grinding and adding raw almonds to the dish which thickens the gravy and adds a nutty flavor to the dish. Use whole spices and make your own garam masala powder for this dish though that is bit tedious it does add extra flavor to the dish.

Kashmiri Chicken

Kashmiri Chicken Ingredients

Ingredients
1 medium size chicken skinned cleaned and cut into small pieces - about 2 pounds
2 large tomatoes thin sliced
2 large red onions thin sliced
Cilantro finely chopped half cup
Ginger 2 inch pieces
Garlic 10  - 12 cloves
20 raw almonds soaked in water and skin removed
Plain yogurt 1/2 cup
Whole coriander seeds - 3 tablespoons
Whole Kashmiri Chillies soaked in water for about 2 - 3 hours - 4 - 6
Garam Masala powder home made - 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 - 4 tablespoon

Steps
1. Marinate the cleaned cut chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon chilly powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and salt and keep aside in refrigerator till for about 30 minutes to one hour.
2. Grind the ginger, garlic, peeled almonds, coriander seeds, soaked Kashmiri chillies, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric and peeled almonds to a smooth paste with about 1/ 4 cup water.
3. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. When the oil gets hot add the thin sliced onions and saute till the onions turn light golden brown. Add the ground paste to the oil and saute the ground masala well till the oil separates.
4. Add the sliced tomatoes to this along with salt mix well cover with lid and cook on slow flame. Stir every 5 minutes and cook till the tomatoes and cooked well .
5. Add the marinated chicken pieces along with the yogurt to this mix well and cook on slow flame stirring every 5 - 10 minutes. Cook till chicken is tender and the gravy has thickened. Add Garam masala powder to this and half of the finely chopped cilantro. Mix well.

Serve hot garnished with chopped cilantro and serve with any Indian Bread or Rice.