Chicken rogan josh

chicken rogan josh

The famous Kashmiri dish made with chicken and serve as main course with roti or paratha. Cooking time is 25 minutes and serving for 4.

Ingredients

	Chicken cut into 12 pieces on the bone		800 grams
	Oil		5 tablespoons
	Ratanjot		1 inch
	Cloves		7-8
	Black cardamoms Green cardamoms		4 2
	Bay leaves		3
	Onions sliced		5 medium
	Ginger-garlic paste		2 tablespoons
	Kashmiri red chilli powder		1 and 1/2 tablespoon
	Fennel seed (saunf) powder		1/4 teaspoon
	Green cardamom powder		a pinch
	Garam masala powder		3 teaspoon
	Black peppercorns		15-20
	Salt		to taste
	Yogurt		1 small cup

Method
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a non stick pan. Add ratanjot and sauté till the oil colour becomes red. Remove the ratanjot from oil and add bay leaves, black cardamoms, green cardamoms and cloves one by one. Then add onions and sauté till the onions are well browned.

Now add ginger-garlic paste and mix it after add 1 tablespoon Kashmiri red chilli powder, fennel powder, cardamom powder, ½ tsp garam masala powder, black peppercorns and mix well.

Transfer this masala from pan into a mixer jar let it slightly cool then grind it with a little water into a smooth paste. Now heat up remaining oil in the same pan. Add chicken and sauté for 8 minutes or till golden.

Add remaining 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder, remaining 2 and ½ garam masala powder and salt and mix well. Now strain the ground mixture through a strainer into a bowl then pour mixture into the pan and mix well then add yogurt and mix well.

Now cover the pan and cook chicken for 8-10 minutes or till the chicken is completely cooked. Transfer this delicious preparation into a serving bowl and serve hot.