Bengali Recipe,

Chicken Chaap- Kolkata Style

July 06, 2017 Unknown 2 Comments

 Chicken Chaap Recipe- Kolkata Style


Chicken Chaap is a mughal inspired very famous aromatic preparation of Calcutta. Chicken Chaap with Mutton Biriyani  is out of heaven combo dish. But it teste as good with Naan, Roti and Paratha. It is a very less spicy but very aromatic dish due to use of mitha attar, kewra water and rose water. Here leg pieces of chicken cooked in slow fire in very thick curd, ginger garlic, cashew nut paste gravy.


Ingredients                                                     
        450 grms chicken leg (2legs with thigh)
·         1 tablespoon onion paste 1 tablespoon ginger paste 1 teaspoon garlic paste make a paste out of three
·         1 tablespoon shattu or roasted gram flour
·         1 tablespoon hanged curd or 2 tablespoon normal whisked curd
·         1 tablespoon sahi garam masala or chaap spice powder
·         1 teaspoon chilli powder (mild/kashmiri)
·         ½ tsp melon seed, 1tbsp cashew and 1tsp khoya. Make a paste out of three together
·         Pinch of turmeric    
·         1 tsp kewra water
·         Little rose water (I dint have it )
·         A drop of  mitha atar
·         Salt  and sugar as per taste
    Method
1. Marinate the chicken pieces with salt, sugar, red chili powder, roasted gram flour, ginger garlic onion paste, turmeric, sahi garam masala and whisked curd. Mix it properly and let it rest at least 2 hours.
2. Add oil in the pan add the marinated chicken pieces into the hot oil and simmer it for 10 mins.
3. Add excess marination gravy to it and mix it and cover and cook for 15 mins over low flame
4. Add melon seed, cashew paste and khoya paste to it and cover and cook for 15 minutes
5. Turn off the heat and finish off with mitha attar, rose water, kewra water, pinch of sahi garam masala and ghee mix it and cover it for ten minutes.

6. Chicken Chaap is ready to serve. Serve with some Naan, Roti, Paratha or Biriyani. Enjoy :) 
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2 comments:

  1. Its really awesome and was..i will definitely try dis..give more recipes.😊👍

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    1. Thanks Debjani Surely try this and post some photos :)

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