Chicken Chaap

Kolkata Chicken chaap

Inspired from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWFUOySRDtg


Ingredients :

Chicken big pieces - 2kg,
Curd - 2tblspoon,
Kewra water
Big onion paste - 1
Rose water
Saffron in hot water - 1/2cup
Beson - 6tbsp roasted on dry tawa
Ginger paste - 1tbsp
Garlic paste - 1tbsp
Oil: ghee -  3:1 in generous amounts
Garam masala powder - 1tbsp or so (biryani masala or make shahi garam masala at home)
Whole garam masla (cloves, darchini, cardamom, black pepper corn)
Red chilli powder


Marinade the chicken with curd, onion paste, ginger garlic paste, salt, saffron water, beson, some kewra and rose water for atleast 2 hours.

Heat oil and ghee. Give few cardamoms, cloves, and a stick of darchini, and 5-6 whole black pepper corn.

Shake marinade from chicken pieces and fry in a single layer - both sides.  Fry on medium heat. Make sure the chicken pieces become pale and not too brown. Take from oil and keep aside.

Now pour the marinade in oil along with the fried chicken pieces. Cover and cook on low-medium heat for 20mins or so until the chicken gets cooked.

Give 2tspoons of kewra water, rose water and ghee at the end. Ready to serve with biryani, pulao, paratha, naan