Afghani Chicken

Creamy Afghani Chicken that is marinated in yogurt and cooked with a cashew and yogurt mix. Loaded with heavy cream & dried fenugreek leaves that makes this traditional dish lip smacking and always wanting for more. The goodness of cream mixed with rich cashews along with golden brown marinated chicken is simmered to perfection

INGREDIENTS

• 500 grams chicken tenders (Diced)
• 2 tbsp yogurt
• 1 tsp lime juice
• 1 tsp pepper powder
• Ginger paste -1 tsp
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 2 green chillies paste
• 2 tsp dried coriander leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• Olive oil -1 tbsp
• 1 large onion puree
• 10 cashew + 1 cup yogurt (Paste)
• ½ cup fresh cream
• 1 tbsp dried fenugreek

PROCEDURE

• To marinate the chicken, In a large bowl add diced chicken tenders, yogurt, lime juice, ginger paste, garlic paste, green chilli paste, pepper powder, dried coriander leaves, salt and mix this well into the chicken
• Wrap with cling wrap and marinate for about an hour or overnight
• In a large pan, heat oil on a medium high heat, add the chicken tenders and let this cook for about 5 minutes until golden brown
• Remove the chicken and keep aside in in a bowl 
• In the same pan, add the pureed onions, a pinch of salt and let the onions cook for about 5 minutes
• Add the golden brown fried chicken to the onion mix. Combine this well into the chicken
• Add the yogurt & cashew paste and simmer for 5 minutes
• Add fresh cream, simmer on low heat for about 2 minutes
• Finally add 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves, mix well & serve hot with fresh flatbread (Naan)

PRO TIP

You can skip the onion puree stage altogether and just add the yogurt cashew mix along with heavy cream for a creamier Afghani Chicken

You can serve it with fresh homemade flatbread or garlic butter rice or basmati rice

Check out this easy Naan recipe

Naan/ Indian Flatbread – When You’re Hungry (whenyourhungry.com)

Do give us a follow and show us some love on our Instagram and Pinterest pages

https://www.instagram.com/whenyourhungry/