CHICKEN ACHARI / ACHARI CHICKEN / MURG ACHARI

• INGREDIENTS
• Chicken 2KG
• Onions 2 large
• Tomatoes 3 large
• Ginger 3inch piece
• Garlic 10/15 pieces
• Coriander seeds (dhania seeds) 1/2 tbs - lightly crushed
• Cumin seeds (zeera) 1/2 tbs - lightly crushed
• Fennel seeds (Saunf) 1/2 tbs - lightly crushed
• Nigella seeds (kalonji) 1tsp
• Mustard seeds (rai dana) 1tsp
• Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) 1/2 tsp
• Salt 1 & 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder 1tsp heeped
• Turmeric powder (haldi) 1/2 tsp heeped
• Yogurt THICK (dahi) 1cup
• Oil 1cup
• Green chillies 3 to 4 (whole)
• Chaat masala 3tbs
• Lemon juice 4tbs
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• RECIPE
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  1. Grind onion to a thick paste and grind tomatoes and curd together and make a 
  2. separate paste as well.
  3. Mix the lemon juice and chaat masala to make a thick paste, slit open the 
  4. green chillies and stuff the mix in the chillies and keep it aside.
  5. Corsely crush the dry masalas (Coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, 
  6. Mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds seperately).
  7. In a pan, add oil and add the onion paste to it and wait till the onion changes 
  8. its colour, though it wont change much. once the onion paste starts changing 
  9. its colour add chicken into it along with ginger-garlic paste. 
  10. Fry the chicken till it changes colour to somewhat golden.
  11. Keep the flame high through out.
  12. Once chicken has changed its colour, add salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. 
  13. Mix it
  14. Now add the grinder tomato-curd paste to the meat and mix well. 
  15. Wait for the curry to boil.
  16. Add the dry crushed masalas to chicken (Coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, 
  17. mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and nigella seeds < this should not be crushed). Mix well.
  
  
  18. Once the curry comes to a boil turn the flame to low to medium and cook chicken 
  19. till tenders and water is completely dried.
  20. Once water is dried and meat is cooked, add the stuffed green chillies and simmer for 
  21. 4mins on low flame and serve hot.
  22. Enjoi it....