Chicken Handi

Name: Chicken Handi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2.6 lb chicken; 5 onions; 2 tomatoes; 8 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp ginger paste; ¼ cup vegetable oil; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp chile powder; 2 green chiles; 1 cup yogurt; ¾ cup cream; 1 tbsp fenugreek; 1 tsp garam masala; To taste salt

An India dinner. Ready in about 45 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

15 minPrep (about)
30 minCook (about)
45 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

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Main ingredient

3.3 lb chicken Shopping tip: Boneless, skinless thighs (they stay juicy). Breast works too.

Fresh & other

6 onions
3 tomatoes
10 cloves garlic
1 ½ tbsp ginger paste
3 green chiles Shopping tip: Jalapeño for mild (seeds out); serrano for hot.
1 ¼ cups yogurt
1 cup cream Shopping tip: Heavy cream. Half-and-half works for a lighter sauce.

Sauces & oils

⅓ cup vegetable oil

Spices & seasonings (7): cumin seeds, coriander seeds, turmeric powder, chile powder, fenugreek, garam masala and 1 more

2 ½ tsp cumin seeds
1 ½ tbsp coriander seeds
1 ¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 ¼ tsp chile powder
1 ½ tbsp fenugreek
1 ¼ tsp garam masala
To taste salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Take a big pot or wok, big enough to heat all the chicken.
Heat the oil in it.
Wait until the oil is hot.
Add sliced onion.
Fry them until deep golden.
Take them out on a plate.
Set aside.
To the same pot.
Add the chopped garlic.
Cook for a minute.
Add the chopped tomatoes.
Cook until tomatoes turn soft.
This would take about 5 minutes.
Return the fried onion to the pot.
Stir.
Add ginger paste.
Cook well.
Add your cumin seeds, half of your coriander seeds and chopped green chillies.
Give them a quick stir.
Goes in your spices – turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
Cook the spices well for couple of minutes.
Add the chicken pieces to the wok.
Season it with salt to taste.
Heat the chicken covered on medium-low heat till the chicken is almost cooked through.
This would take about 15 minutes.
Slowly cooking your chicken will enhance the flavor, so don't expedite this step by putting it.
Do it on high heat.
Wait until the oil separates from the spices.
Add your beaten yogurt keeping heat on lowest so that your yogurt doesn’t split.
Sprinkle the remaining coriander seeds.
Add half of the dried fenugreek leaves.
Mix well.
Add your cream and give a final mix to mix everything well.
Sprinkle the rest of the kasuri methi and garam masala.
Dish up your chicken handi hot with naan or rotis.