How To Make Chicken Masala Recipe At Home
Chicken masala is one of the Indian traditional non-veg recipes, which is made with aromatic spices that easily available in every kitchen. Masala chicken is most demanding in north India, especially in Punjab. So if you are looking for a recipe then check out the below steps for making chicken masala at home.
Equipment
- Pot
Ingredients
For Marination
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 tbsp Lemon
- ½ tbsp Kashmiri Red Chilli
- ½ tbsp Salt
For Gravy
- 6 tbsp Mustard Oil
- ½ tbsp Cumin (Jeera)
- 4 Cloves (Laung)
- 4 Black Pepper (Kali Mirch)
- 2 Green Cardamoms (Elaichi)
- 2 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
- 2 Bay Leafs (Tej Patta)
- 4 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 300 gm Onion Fine Chopped
- 250 gm Tomato Fine Chopped
- 4 Green Chilli Chopped
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder (Dhaniya Powder)
- 1 tbsp Turmeric (Haldi)
- Salt To Taste
- 1½ tbsp Garam Masala
- ½ tbsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
- 2 tbsp Chicken Masala
- Green Coriander Fine Chopped
Instructions
For Marination
- Take 1 kg of chicken pieces and wash them properly.
- Now mix all marination ingredient that mentions above.
- After mixing all ingredients with chicken leave it for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator.
For Chicken Masala Gravy
- Take a pot and heat oil. Now add cumin, cloves, black pepper, green cardamoms, cinnamon stick, bay leaf.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes. Now add onion and saute it until the masala turns golden brown.
- Now add green chilli, turmeric, coriander powder, salt, red chilli and saute it.
- Add marinated chicken and cook it for 5-7 minutes.
- After that add tomato and saute it for 10-15 minutes. At this stage add garam masala, Kashmiri red chilli powder, chicken masala and saute for 2 minutes.
Notes
- If you want to skip the marination step then you do it. But in that case, you need to little bit more time to cook it.
- When you add salt in gravy then remember that you already add salt in the marination.