How it is made
🍗 Afghani Chicken Curry
Description: Grilled curd-marinated chicken in a creamy, nutty white gravy, delicately spiced and silky in texture.
🧄 Ingredients:
For Chicken Marination:
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Chicken (bone-in or boneless) – 250 g
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Hung curd – ¼ cup
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Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
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Green chili paste – ½ tsp
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Lemon juice – 1 tsp
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Salt – to taste
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Cream – 1 tbsp
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White pepper – ½ tsp
For Curry:
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Butter – 1 tbsp
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White Gravy Base – ¾ cup
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Kewra water – few drops
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Fresh cream – 2 tbsp
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Kasuri methi – ½ tsp
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Cardamom powder – a pinch
👨🍳 Method:
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Marinate chicken in above ingredients for at least 1 hour.
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Grill or pan-fry chicken till 90% cooked and slightly charred.
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Heat butter, add white gravy base.
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Add grilled chicken, kewra, cardamom powder.
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Simmer 5–7 mins till chicken is cooked through.
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Stir in cream and kasuri methi.
Garnish: Cream swirl, butter cube, mint sprig.
Serve with: Roomali roti or butter naan.
