Dhaba Style Chicken Masala – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• In a bowl take chicken and add turmeric powder, salt.
• Mix well and keep it aside.
• Heat up gheen in a cooker.
• You can use dalda, vanaspati, butter or ghee instead of ghee.
• Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Add bay leaf, cinnamon, black peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and mix well.
• Add onion and mix well.
• You can use grated onion instead of chopped one.
• Fry the onion until it gets nice golden color.
• When onion turns light golden add tomato puree and mix well.
• Cover and cook on medium heat until tomato puree is reduced a little for about 4-5 minutes.
• Open the lid and mix once more.
• Add kitchen king masala, red chili powder, coriander powder and mix well.
• You can use garam masala instead of kitchen king masala.
• Fry until the spices release oil.
• When this masala is fried well, move it a little aside in the cooker.
• Add besan and roast it a little for about a minute.
• You can fry the besan in little oil too if you want.
• Mix the roasted besan well with the spices.
• Add marinated chicken and mix well.
• Add a little water, salt and mix well.
• Be careful while adding salt as we have already added salt while marinating the chicken.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until just 1 whistle.
• Chicken masala is already.
• Chicken masala goes well with roti, naan, plain paratha.