Spiced Yogurt Chicken

Ingredients

• • Chicken (cut into 8 pieces) - 800 grams
• • Yogurt/Dahi - 1 ½ cups
• • Red chillies (dried) - 6
• • Garlic - 10 flakes
• • Ginger (prepare: ground to a paste with garlic) - 2 inch pieces
• • Kala namaks/Black salt - ½ teaspoon
• • Pepper powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Chat masala - 1 teaspoon
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Malai/Cream - 2 tablespoons
• • Garam masala - ½ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Green chillies (slit, for garnishing) - a little
• • Coriander leaves (for garnishing) - a little

Method

• 1. Break the red chillies into 2 or 3 pieces and deseed them.
• 2. Discard the seeds to lessen the sharpness of the chillies.
• 3. Beat the curd with ginger-garlic paste, salt, black salt, pepper, garam masala, chat masala & broken red chillies. Keep aside.
• 4. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add only the chicken pieces to the hot oil, leaving the curd behind.
• 5. Cook on high flame till the moisture evaporates and the pieces are dry.
• 6. Add the curd and ½ cup water. Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook to give 2 whistles.
• 7. Switch off the flame immediately after the 2nd whistle. Drop the pressure by putting cold water on the lid of the cooker.
• 8. Open the lid and dry the excess moisture. Add the malai or cream and cook till the masala coats the pieces.
• 9. Garnish with slit green chillies and coriander.